Re: [Bug-stow] docs: --ignore=regexp or --ignore=glob ?

[Adam Spiers]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:53:52PM +0000, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to report a documentation bug.
>
> In current master (revision 655e8e4a3d9a), the manual says:
>
> > @item address@hidden
> > This (repeatable) option lets you suppress acting on files that match the
> > given perl regular expression.  For example, using the options
> >
> > @example
> > --ignore='*.orig' --ignore='*.dist'
> > @end example
>
> The argument is described as a regexp in the synopsis and in the prose,
> but the example, '*.orig', is not a valid regular expression; it's a
> glob pattern.

Great catch, thanks!  Fixed in git master and will be in the next release:

https://github.com/aspiers/stow/commit/c84de4eb146f1dba9cb49e60b715c65bd98360ae