[SvnBook] #69: Do a better job describing what "file patterns" are (around svn:ignores)
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#69: Do a better job describing what "file patterns" are (around svn:ignores)
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Reporter: cmpilato | Owner: nobody
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 1.5
Component: content | Version: nightly/trunk
Keywords: |
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David Glasser wrote:
> On 7/13/06, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato at red-bean.com> wrote:
>> I agree we could have been more forthright in this section. The
>> respected
>> metacharacters are basically just those supported by fnmatch(), and
>> that's
>> why we toss the word "file patterns" around so much. It's not that
>> Subversion specifically disallows parentheses -- it's that parentheses
>> have
>> no special meaning in the fnmatch() system.
>
> Great; I might patch up a sidebar or something if I get a chance.
> (It's a shame that even apr_fnmatch itself doesn't really seem to be
> documented.)
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