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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-01-05 23:42:07 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-01-05 23:42:07 -0800 |
| commit | 971e829cd84cf95203cec44d22d0e009f98ddbf5 (patch) | |
| tree | cb444c4dec360e625709b3a1db91d1e99acf9197 /Documentation/git.txt | |
| parent | 29fb15152584455590905726cb5a0e26ea26e9eb (diff) | |
| parent | 823ab40fd4adc5bf5b5c66b6d189deae34d2a138 (diff) | |
| download | git-971e829cd84cf95203cec44d22d0e009f98ddbf5.tar.gz git-971e829cd84cf95203cec44d22d0e009f98ddbf5.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jk/pathspec-literal'
Allow scripts to feed literal paths to commands that take
pathspecs, by disabling wildcard globbing.
* jk/pathspec-literal:
add global --literal-pathspecs option
Conflicts:
dir.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7a3f03b5c..05c0b942b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ help ...`. Do not use replacement refs to replace git objects. See linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. +--literal-pathspecs:: + Treat pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. This is + equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment + variable to `1`. + GIT COMMANDS ------------ @@ -796,6 +801,16 @@ for further details. as a file path and will try to write the trace messages into it. +GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS:: + Setting this variable to `1` will cause git to treat all + pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example, + running `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS=1 git log -- '*.c'` will search + for commits that touch the path `*.c`, not any paths that the + glob `*.c` matches. You might want this if you are feeding + literal paths to git (e.g., paths previously given to you by + `git ls-tree`, `--raw` diff output, etc). + + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ |