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diff --git a/bzrlib/help_topics/en/patterns.txt b/bzrlib/help_topics/en/patterns.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6250d20 --- /dev/null +++ b/bzrlib/help_topics/en/patterns.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Patterns +======== + +Bazaar uses patterns to match files at various times. For example, +the ``add`` command skips over files that match ignore patterns +and preferences can be associated with files using rule patterns. +The pattern syntax is described below. + +Trailing slashes on patterns are ignored. If the pattern contains a +slash or is a regular expression, it is compared to the whole path +from the branch root. Otherwise, it is compared to only the last +component of the path. To match a file only in the root directory, +prepend ``./``. Patterns specifying absolute paths are not allowed. + +Patterns may include globbing wildcards such as:: + + ? - Matches any single character except '/' + * - Matches 0 or more characters except '/' + /**/ - Matches 0 or more directories in a path + [a-z] - Matches a single character from within a group of characters + +Patterns may also be `Python regular expressions`_. Regular expression +patterns are identified by a ``RE:`` prefix followed by the regular +expression. Regular expression patterns may not include named or +numbered groups. + +Case insensitive ignore patterns can be specified with regular expressions +by using the ``i`` (for ignore case) flag in the pattern. + +For example, a case insensitive match for ``foo`` may be specified as:: + + RE:(?i)foo + +Ignore patterns may be prefixed with ``!``, which means that a filename +matched by that pattern will not be ignored. + +.. _Python regular expressions: http://docs.python.org/library/re.html + |