Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.8.1-290-ga27d8

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@@ -893,6 +893,38 @@ A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname.
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+<div class="paragraph"><p>Two consecutive asterisks ("<code>**</code>") in patterns matched against

+full pathname may have special meaning:</p></div>

+<div class="ulist"><ul>

+<li>

+<p>

+A leading "<code>**</code>" followed by a slash means match in all

+   directories. For example, "<code>**/foo</code>" matches file or directory

+   "<code>foo</code>" anywhere, the same as pattern "<code>foo</code>". "**/foo/bar"

+   matches file or directory "<code>bar</code>" anywhere that is directly

+   under directory "<code>foo</code>".

+</p>

+</li>

+<li>

+<p>

+A trailing "/<strong>" matches everything inside. For example,

+   "abc/</strong>" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative

+   to the location of the <code>.gitignore</code> file, with infinite depth.

+</p>

+</li>

+<li>

+<p>

+A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash

+   matches zero or more directories. For example, "<code>a/**/b</code>"

+   matches "<code>a/b</code>", "<code>a/x/b</code>", "<code>a/x/y/b</code>" and so on.

+</p>

+</li>

+<li>

+<p>

+Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.

+</p>

+</li>

+</ul></div>

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@@ -966,7 +998,7 @@ use <em>git update-index &#45;&#45;assume-unchanged</em>.</p></div>
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-Last updated 2012-10-10 15:49:24 PDT

+Last updated 2013-01-10 15:37:47 PST

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