From: Stefan Beller Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 23:16:36 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pathspec magic: add '^' as alias for '!' Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > - it hints that '!' is the more official spelling, making the > output you showed above acceptable. Long term , I'd rather have ^ as the "official" spelling as that is easier to teach to people. ! being a historic mistake as it is hard to type?