Support "**" wildcard in .gitignore and .gitattributes

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 42c9676eaa40f2a3d43514c09509e319258ca8b4..4cc3e9586fcfd79ddeb7f636141e1a878285b0b5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -113,15 +113,14 @@ OPTIONS
 +
 If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
 shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
-`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by
-appending `/{asterisk}`.
+`*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/*`.
 
 --glob=pattern::
        Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
        the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
        prepended.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing
-       character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
-       match by appending `/{asterisk}`.
+       character (`?`, `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
+       match by appending `/*`.
 
 --show-toplevel::
        Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
@@ -138,7 +137,8 @@ appending `/{asterisk}`.
 
 --git-dir::
        Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to
-       the .git directory, relative to the current directory.
+       the .git directory. The path shown, when relative, is
+       relative to the current working directory.
 +
 If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
 is not detected to lie in a git repository or work tree
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 <args>...::
        Flags and parameters to be parsed.
 
+--resolve-git-dir <path>::
+       Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a git-file pointing to a valid
+       git-dir. If <path> is a valid git-dir the resolved path to git-dir will
+       be printed.
 
 include::revisions.txt[]