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diff --git a/doc/bugs/any___34__magical__34___cmdline_args_parsing_done_by_annex_leading_to_the_failure_of_parsing_options__63__/comment_1_7ab34ddaef82c3037cea96b6552f0da4._comment b/doc/bugs/any___34__magical__34___cmdline_args_parsing_done_by_annex_leading_to_the_failure_of_parsing_options__63__/comment_1_7ab34ddaef82c3037cea96b6552f0da4._comment deleted file mode 100644 index b2343be70..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/any___34__magical__34___cmdline_args_parsing_done_by_annex_leading_to_the_failure_of_parsing_options__63__/comment_1_7ab34ddaef82c3037cea96b6552f0da4._comment +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -[[!comment format=mdwn - username="joey" - subject="""comment 1""" - date="2015-11-03T16:14:03Z" - content=""" -You have successfully passed the literal value `'exclude=*.txt'` to -git-annex as the annex.largefiles setting. - -Now, git-annex has to parse that value to understand what files you intend -it to treat as large. - -Since its preferred content expression parser for the value has no -concept of quoting characters, it fails as shown. - -There's no magic here, just you providing a value to git-annex that it does -not understand. - -Were you trying to accomplish anything in particular with `'exclude=*.txt'` -that is different from the behavior with `exclude=*.txt`? - -(Eg, perhaps you're really trying to exclude a filename with a space in it, -like `*.brain scan` and that seems to call for some form of quoting. Adding -quoting support into git-annex's preferred content expressions would -complicate the parser a lot though. So, in that case, I'd suggest the -workaround of using `*.brain?scan`) -"""]] |