Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-05-09 Thread Ross Berteig
On 4/14/2017 9:15 PM, Warren Young wrote: On Apr 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: I've checked it in on the glob-docs branch until it has been read by at least one more pair of eyes. How about two pair? (Because foureyes. Ahahah.) Following my usual precept of not letting perfec

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-05-01 Thread Ross Berteig
On 5/1/2017 7:02 AM, Warren Young wrote: I’ve checked in my new Platform Quirks section. Thanks! Oddly, I noticed only after doing the first checkin that it used my local user name (tangent) as the user name on the remote (i.e. fossil-scm.org) repository. I was able to fix it for a second cl

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-05-01 Thread Richard Hipp
On 5/1/17, Warren Young wrote: > I’ve checked in my new Platform Quirks section. > > Oddly, I noticed only after doing the first checkin that it used my local > user name (tangent) as the user name on the remote (i.e. fossil-scm.org) > repository. I was able to fix it for a second clean-up checkin

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-05-01 Thread Warren Young
I’ve checked in my new Platform Quirks section. Oddly, I noticed only after doing the first checkin that it used my local user name (tangent) as the user name on the remote (i.e. fossil-scm.org) repository. I was able to fix it for a second clean-up checkin by re-cloning under my new wyoung use

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-18 Thread Ross Berteig
On 4/14/2017 9:15 PM, Warren Young wrote: 27. Add a section or new document on transitioning from .fooignore files. Started drafting this as a new section called Converting .gitignore to ignore-glob. Reading https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore among other sources since my only contact with Gi

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-18 Thread Ross Berteig
Still considering the much needed rewrite of the Platform Quirks section. On 4/14/2017 9:15 PM, Warren Young wrote: 29. The Platform Quirks section needs a total rewrite. Sorry, but it left me confused, and I know what’s going on. How about this: # Platform Quirks Foss

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-18 Thread Warren Young
On Apr 18, 2017, at 1:55 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: > > On 4/17/2017 8:24 PM, Warren Young wrote: >> I wouldn’t say that regexes and globs are *related* > They are related because they are both notations for describing patterns in > text. I’m objecting to the genealogical sense of the word “relat

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-18 Thread Ross Berteig
On 4/17/2017 8:24 PM, Warren Young wrote: On Apr 17, 2017, at 7:27 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: On 4/14/2017 9:15 PM, Warren Young wrote: On Apr 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: 1. It doesn’t tell you that globs and regexes are not the same thing. True, it probably should.I'll work that

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-17 Thread Warren Young
On Apr 17, 2017, at 7:27 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: > > On 4/14/2017 9:15 PM, Warren Young wrote: >> On Apr 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: >> 1. It doesn’t tell you that globs and regexes are not the same thing. > > True, it probably should.I'll work that into the second paragraph. Be

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-17 Thread Ross Berteig
On 4/14/2017 9:15 PM, Warren Young wrote: On Apr 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: I've checked it in on the glob-docs branch until it has been read by at least one more pair of eyes. How about two pair? (Because foureyes. Ahahah.) Go put your Nomex underwear on; I’m a brutal cop

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-17 Thread Ross Berteig
On 4/14/2017 7:49 PM, Andy Bradford wrote: Thus said Ross Berteig on Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:09:18 -0700: I'm also considering an extension to the glob_create() function to add support for comments in lists of GLOBs. If I have a program that generates files that begin with # that I want to ig

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-14 Thread Warren Young
On Apr 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Ross Berteig wrote: > I've checked it in on the glob-docs branch until it has been read by at least > one more pair of eyes. How about two pair? (Because foureyes. Ahahah.) Go put your Nomex underwear on; I’m a brutal copy editor. Complaints, comments, and consi

Re: [fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-14 Thread Andy Bradford
Thus said Ross Berteig on Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:09:18 -0700: > I'm also considering an extension to the glob_create() function to add > support for comments in lists of GLOBs. If I have a program that generates files that begin with # that I want to ignore, would this be accomplished if suppo

[fossil-dev] New documentation for file GLOB syntax and usage

2017-04-14 Thread Ross Berteig
While attempting to help a new user with setting up their repository, I noticed that all of the help text uses the word 'GLOB' but it isn't defined anywhere. There are a few examples in each of the commands, but they only hint at what is allowed. A quick check of the sources confirms my suspic