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authorPeter Stephenson <p.stephenson@samsung.com>2024-05-08 09:28:06 +0100
committerPeter Stephenson <p.stephenson@samsung.com>2024-05-08 09:28:06 +0100
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52915: be explicit about pattern syntax in conditions
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/cond.yo b/Doc/Zsh/cond.yo
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@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ ifnzman(\
 noderef(Filename Generation)\
 )\
 , but there is no special behaviour
-of `tt(/)' nor initial dots, and no glob qualifiers are allowed.
+of `tt(/)' nor initial dot, and the patterns `tt(**/)' and `tt(***/)' behave
+the same as `tt(*/)', in which the `tt(*)' has its standard behaviour
+but may also match further `tt(/)' characters.  Also, no bare glob
+qualifiers are allowed, though the form `((#q)var(...))' is allowed as
+shown above.
 
 In each of the above expressions, if
 var(file) is of the form `tt(/dev/fd/)var(n)',