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Re: [PATCH 1/2] glossary-content.txt: remove an obsolete paragrah

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Nov 22, 2013, 05:40 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> Current version does force that.
>
> $ git log -- ':/#aa'
> fatal: Unimplemented pathspec magic '#' in ':/#aa'
>
> Not sure if there are tests for it though. I'll add an advice to do ":/:#aa".

It is good that we already do the right thing, but actually I was not questioning the implementation. I was talking about the fact that the documentation is open to misinterpretation that contradicts the correct behaviour, as if it were buggy.

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Message 8 of 8 in “diff: restrict pathspec limitations to diff b/f case only”
  1. diff: restrict pathspec limitations to diff b/f case onlyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 20, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2013
  3. 1/2 glossary-content.txt: remove an obsolete paragrahNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 21, 2013
  4. 2/2 glossary-content.txt: fix documentation of "**" patternsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 21, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenNov 22, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2013

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