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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-02-23 13:34:59 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-02-23 13:34:59 -0400
commit84884101e3c19b0db4c8c5975fc47575dc0782fb (patch)
tree34744e6eadb3405e8c31f9f67df57270eb2781ba /doc/metadata.mdwn
parent82b230213dc35f17ed26dbc5074cb8bc14444ba1 (diff)
metadata: Field names limited to alphanumerics and a few whitelisted punctuation characters to avoid issues with views, etc.
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fields, which each can have any number of values. For example, to tag
files, the `tag` field is typically used, with values set to each tag that
applies to the file.
-The field names are freeform (but cannot include spaces). The metadata
+The field names are limited to alphanumerics (and `[_-.]`). The metadata
values can contain absolutely anything you like -- but you're recommended
to keep it simple and reasonably short.