From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 21:33:56 GMT
Subject: Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless"
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612021330070.3476@woody.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <200612022059.kB2Kx565009646@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>



On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> 
> The command should never even see the '*' here. Globbing is handled
> (uniformly) by the shell. Don't loose that.

Git supprts an extra level of globbing.

In the kernel tree, try the difference between these two command lines:

	git ls-files fs/*.c
	
	git ls-files 'fs/*.c'

and enjoy.

It's _very_ useful for a number of programs (including "git add") but I 
find it _especially_ useful for something like

	git grep jiffies -- '*.h'

where the git-level globbign is important.

Not all git programs do that globbing, but many do.