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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-04-06 20:56:19 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-04-08 16:20:16 -0700
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magic pathspec: add ":(icase)path" to match case insensitively
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -319,10 +319,13 @@ 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`.
--
+
-Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as the "magic signature",
-but it is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later
+It is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later
versions of git.
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