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Bug#688481: [copyright-format] Clarify that trailing slashes in directory names are invalid.



Hello,

On Wed 21 Aug 2019 at 02:19PM +02, Nicolas Boulenguez wrote:

> @@ -659,6 +659,17 @@
>          Exclusions are only supported by adding <varname>Files</varname>
>          paragraphs to override the previous match.
>        </para>
> +      <para>
> +        This syntax does not distinguish file names from directory
> +        names; a trailing slash in a pattern will never match any
> +        actual path. A whole directory tree may be selected with a
> +        pattern like "foo/*".
> +      </para>
> +      <para>
> +        The space character, used to separate patterns, cannot be
> +        escaped with a backslash. A path like "foo bar" may be
> +        selected with a pattern like "foo?bar".
> +      </para>
>      </section>
>
>    </section>

Seconded.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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