D2190: narrowspec: document constraints when validating patterns

[durin42 (Augie Fackler)]

This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.
Closed by commit rHG9c55bbc29dcf: narrowspec: document constraints when validating patterns (authored by durin42, committed by ).

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  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2190?vs=5506&id=5560

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2190

AFFECTED FILES
  hgext/narrow/narrowspec.py

CHANGE DETAILS

diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowspec.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowspec.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowspec.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowspec.py
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@
     return len((s + 'x').splitlines())
 
 def _validatepattern(pat):
-    """Validates the pattern and aborts if it is invalid."""
+    """Validates the pattern and aborts if it is invalid.
+
+    Patterns are stored in the narrowspec as newline-separated
+    POSIX-style bytestring paths. There's no escaping.
+    """
 
     # We use newlines as separators in the narrowspec file, so don't allow them
     # in patterns.



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