| Submitter | Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso |
|---|---|
| Date | Dec. 26, 2021, 6:46 p.m. |
| Message ID | <e5b62cbab03e443841b2.1640544364@chloe> |
| Download | mbox | patch |
| Permalink | /patch/50280/ |
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
Comments
Queued, thanks. > On Dec 26, 2021, at 1:46 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> wrote: > > # HG changeset patch > # User Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org> > # Date 1550269232 18000 > # Fri Feb 15 17:20:32 2019 -0500 > # Node ID e5b62cbab03e443841b23a333aac035ad3987fbf > # Parent d3ec8201610485fa8bfda40771869ae67bfc6404 > help: properly document the default pattern > > The default isn't to glob. It's relpath, which does no globbing at > all. Thus most commands and options like -X/-I and hg files require > `glob:` in front of them to actually do any globbing. > > I think long ago the default was to glob, but that hasn't been true > for a long time. > > diff --git a/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt b/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt > --- a/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt > +++ b/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt > @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ > Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more files > at a time. > > -By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended glob > -patterns. > +By default, Mercurial treats filenames verbatim without pattern > +matching, relative to the current working directory. Note that your > +system shell might perform pattern matching of its own before passing > +filenames into Mercurial. > > Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly. > > _______________________________________________ > Mercurial-devel mailing list > Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org > https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
Patch
diff --git a/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt b/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt --- a/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt +++ b/mercurial/helptext/patterns.txt @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more files at a time. -By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended glob -patterns. +By default, Mercurial treats filenames verbatim without pattern +matching, relative to the current working directory. Note that your +system shell might perform pattern matching of its own before passing +filenames into Mercurial. Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.