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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index f63b81aad6dd8d0fc7de0c6d9dac5f8e8dc65d6a..4cc3e9586fcfd79ddeb7f636141e1a878285b0b5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
 
 --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