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gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns

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"**" means bold in ASCIIDOC, so we need to escape it.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Karsten Blees 2013-11-07 17:30:47 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
- A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
"`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar" "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "`**/foo/bar`"
matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
under directory "`foo`". under directory "`foo`".
- A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example, - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
"abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "`abc`", relative
to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth. to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
- A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash