Re: [PATCH] Escape pattern chars in ignored names (was: Re: Cannot ignore folders containing square-brackets)

Alexander Klenin wrote:

>>> 2) It escapes only brackets, there are probably more chars to escape.
>>> I did not investigate that (yet?) since I am lazy. Note, however, that
>>> at least '*' and '?' do not need any special processing since they can
>>> not be part of a file name.
>> At least not on Windows - Linux allows such chars in filenames :)
>
> Well, I just searched and was unable to find any source of information
> about svn:ignore pattern syntax except APR code and old TSVN maillist
> thread pointing to the same.
> It seems that actually only left bracket needs to be escaped.
> Or, if we wish to be extra-careful about weird installations like WCs
> on Samba shares, '?', '*' and '\' can be added.

I think the brackets are enough. If someone really has such filenames on
  some strange shares, SVN and TSVN wouldn't work quite well anyway.

Stefan

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