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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-04-24 13:32:59 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-04-24 13:32:59 -0400 |
| commit | 97902b2a0d413ccec2f9bd25b816d26c8be95e9e (patch) | |
| tree | 10b6da30d900fb9f2cb3cb88145db93158aa2e28 /doc | |
| parent | f236bf99626e6a4ff9f737eb514646c4a040c938 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_8_d8620ce7b3dbb81c0d3d0b09ded1deb0._comment b/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_8_d8620ce7b3dbb81c0d3d0b09ded1deb0._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ac95deb7f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Adding_files_with_wildcard_on_Mac_Yosemite/comment_8_d8620ce7b3dbb81c0d3d0b09ded1deb0._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 8""" + date="2015-04-24T17:26:01Z" + content=""" +The old behavior was accidental, and was never documented. When you use +such undocumented behaviors, you're taking the risk of bugfixes breaking +things. It's not fair to call that a "regression". If I had to worry about +every bugfix breaking users who relied on the old buggy behavior in some +way, I could just stop working now. + +It might be reasonable to add the "expand wildcards rather than letting the +shell do it" feature, as an option. Of course, it would need to be tested +for every git-annex command and problems like the one that caused this bug +to be noticed in the first place dealt with, for every git-annex command. +Using --include and --exclude, which already work seems pretty reasonable +instead. +"""]] |