# [PATCH] gitignore.txt: mark up explanation of patterns consistently 1 messages from 2023-07-18 to 2023-07-18. Participants: Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/60000 ## Junio C Hamano, 2023-07-18 17:47 Subject: [PATCH] gitignore.txt: mark up explanation of patterns consistently Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqwmyxglhg.fsf%40gitster.g ``` In the "PATTERN FORMAT" section, all the other pattern elements are shown as `monospace` literals inside "double quoted" strings. Do the same for the explanation of a slash to make it consistent. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/gitignore.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 4c17f2356c..bf2d823c94 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ PATTERN FORMAT Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`". - - The slash '/' is used as the directory separator. Separators may + - The slash "`/`" is used as the directory separator. Separators may occur at the beginning, middle or end of the `.gitignore` search pattern. - If there is a separator at the beginning or middle (or both) of the -- 2.41.0-376-gcba07a324d ```