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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Document limited recursion pathspec matching with wildcards

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2012, 09:48 UTC
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2012/1/15 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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>> @@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ OPTIONS
>>  --max-depth <depth>::
>>       For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth>
>>       levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
>> +     This option is ignored if <pathspec> contains active wildcards.
>> +     In other words if "a*" matches a directory named "a*",
>> +     "*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective.
>
> Do we have a definition of "active wildcard"?

Probably not. I did not know how to phrase it and ended up with "active wildcard" and an example for clarification.

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Duy
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  2. Michael J GruberAug 23, 2011
  3. Marat RadchenkoAug 23, 2011
  4. Michael WittenAug 23, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberAug 23, 2011
  6. Marat RadchenkoAug 23, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2011
  8. Marat RadchenkoAug 23, 2011
  9. Michael J GruberAug 23, 2011
  10. Marat RadchenkoAug 25, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2011
  12. Marat RadchenkoAug 26, 2011
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 29, 2011
  14. Marat RadchenkoAug 29, 2011
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 29, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  20. 0/3 Un-pessimize "diff-index $commit -- $pathspec"Junio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2011
  21. 1/3 traverse_trees(): allow pruning with pathspecJunio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2011
  22. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 30, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2011
  24. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 31, 2011
  25. Michael HaggertyOct 9, 2011
  26. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 9, 2011
  27. Michael HaggertyOct 10, 2011
  28. 2/3 unpack-trees: allow pruning with pathspecJunio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2011
  29. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 30, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2011
  31. David Michael BarrAug 30, 2011
  32. 3/3 diff-index: pass pathspec down to unpack-trees machineryJunio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2011
  33. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2012
  34. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2012
  35. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 11, 2012
  36. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 11, 2012
  37. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2012
  38. tree_entry_interesting: make recursive mode defaultNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 12, 2012
  39. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2012
  40. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 12, 2012
  41. 1/2 Document limited recursion pathspec matching with wildcardsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 14, 2012
  42. 2/2 tree_entry_interesting: make recursive mode defaultNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 14, 2012
  43. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2012
  44. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 15, 2012
  45. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2012
  46. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 18, 2012
  47. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2012
  48. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 15, 2012
  49. Linus TorvaldsAug 29, 2011
  50. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  51. Linus TorvaldsAug 29, 2011
  52. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2011
  53. Marat RadchenkoAug 30, 2011
  54. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2011
  55. Michael J GruberAug 30, 2011
  56. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2011

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