From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:29:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug: magic-less pathspecs that start with ":" not processed as expected.
Message-ID: <xmqqfs1icvfl.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20231106173133.GC10414@coredump.intra.peff.net>

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 ;-)