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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 00e73c84c7c041bc06ad640d442557bb600f7b53..4cc3e9586fcfd79ddeb7f636141e1a878285b0b5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -112,15 +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.
@@ -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[]
 
@@ -309,16 +313,6 @@ $ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV
 +
 but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed.
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> .
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite