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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-10 10:23:41 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-10 10:23:41 -0700
commit6d9429271013898df103f7e77ed0736cdfab01b8 (patch)
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parentd0546e2d488b1ba185c430b638619ab1d91af509 (diff)
downloadgit-6d9429271013898df103f7e77ed0736cdfab01b8.tar.gz
Revert "magic pathspec: add ":(icase)path" to match case insensitively"
This reverts commit d0546e2d488b1ba185c430b638619ab1d91af509, which was only meant to be a Proof-of-concept used during the discussion. The real implementation of the feature needs to wait until we migrate all the code to use "struct pathspec", not "char **", to represent richer semantics given to pathspec.
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@@ -319,13 +319,10 @@ top `/`;;
The magic word `top` (mnemonic: `/`) makes the pattern match
from the root of the working tree, even when you are running
the command from inside a subdirectory.
-icase;;
- The magic word `icase` (there is no mnemonic for it) makes the
- pattern match case insensitively. E.g. `:(icase)makefile` matches
- both `Makefile` and `makefile`.
--
+
-It is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later
+Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as the "magic signature",
+but it is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later
versions of git.
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