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Re: Bug: magic-less pathspecs that start with ":" not processed as expected.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 6, 2023, 23:29 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> PS It took me a while to figure out where we document pathspec syntax. I
>    wonder if a "gitpathspecs" manpage would make sense, like we have
>    "gitrevisions".

Yeah, I came to the same conclusion (should have saved time by scanning the mailing list before I started writing my response) and wondered where we wrote it down. The description you found in the glossary, as far as I recall, is the authoritative one and looks readable, but I agree it is not as discoverable as it should be.

A simpler and more readable workaround than ":::file" is "./:file" by the way ;-)

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