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@@ -618,11 +618,30 @@ Without disambiguating <tt>--</tt>, git makes a reasonable guess, but errors
    you have to say either <tt>git diff HEAD --</tt> or <tt>git diff -- HEAD</tt> to

    disambiguate.

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 <div class="paragraph"><p>When writing a script that is expected to handle random user-input, it is

 a good practice to make it explicit which arguments are which by placing

 disambiguating <tt>--</tt> at appropriate places.</p></div>

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+<li>

+<p>

+Many commands allow wildcards in paths, but you need to protect

+   them from getting globbed by the shell.  These two mean different

+   things:

+</p>

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+<div class="content">

+<pre><tt>$ git checkout -- *.c

+$ git checkout -- \*.c</tt></pre>

+</div></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>The former lets your shell expand the fileglob, and you are asking

+the dot-C files in your working tree to be overwritten with the version

+in the index.  The latter passes the <tt>*.c</tt> to Git, and you are asking

+the paths in the index that match the pattern to be checked out to your

+working tree.  After running <tt>git add hello.c; rm hello.c</tt>, you will <em>not</em>

+see <tt>hello.c</tt> in your working tree with the former, but with the latter

+you will.</p></div>

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+</ul></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are

 scripting git:</p></div>

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-Last updated 2012-08-22 12:54:47 PDT

+Last updated 2012-09-12 15:56:23 PDT

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