svn commit: r1521505 - /subversion/trunk/subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c

[st...@apache.org]

Author: stsp
Date: Tue Sep 10 14:27:17 2013
New Revision: 1521505

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1521505
Log:
* subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c
  (cmd_table): In the output of 'svnauth help', note that shells can interfere
   with wildcard pattern matching unless wildcards are escaped.

Modified:
    subversion/trunk/subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c

Modified: subversion/trunk/subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c?rev=1521505&r1=1521504&r2=1521505&view=diff
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--- subversion/trunk/subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c (original)
+++ subversion/trunk/subversion/svnauth/svnauth.c Tue Sep 10 14:27:17 2013
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static const svn_opt_subcommand_desc2_t 
     "    ?      matches any single character\n"
     "    *      matches a sequence of arbitrary characters\n"
     "    [abc]  matches any of the characters listed inside the brackets\n"
+    "  Note that wildcards will usually need to be quoted or escaped on the\n"
+    "  command line because many command shells will interfere by trying to\n"
+    "  expand them.\n"
     "\n"
     "  If no pattern is specified, all cached credentials are shown.\n"),
    {opt_config_dir, opt_show_passwords} },
@@ -108,7 +111,10 @@ static const svn_opt_subcommand_desc2_t 
     "  glob wildcards:\n"
     "    ?      matches any single character\n"
     "    *      matches a sequence of arbitrary characters\n"
-    "    [abc]  matches any of the characters listed inside the brackets\n"),
+    "    [abc]  matches any of the characters listed inside the brackets\n"
+    "  Note that wildcards will usually need to be quoted or escaped on the\n"
+    "  command line because many command shells will interfere by trying to\n"
+    "  expand them.\n"),
    {opt_config_dir} },
 
   {NULL}