Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org> writes:

>> In the user manual, the URI syntax is described as:
>>
>> <scheme>://[[<user>@@]<host>[:<port>]][/<path>][?<pattern>[;-<exclude-pattern>[...]]]
>>
>> That says there is only one include pattern, but multiple exclude
>> patterns. The examples only show one include and one exclude.
>>
>> I suggest we change it to this:
>>
>> <scheme>://[[<user>@@]<host>[:<port>]][/<path>][?<include-pattern>[;<include-or-exclude-pattern>]...]
>
> Actually, the first pattern can also be an exclude. So a simpler syntax
> is this:
>
> <scheme>://[[<user>@@]<host>[:<port>]][/<path>][?<pattern>[;<pattern>]...]
>
> Branches matching a pattern are excluded if the pattern starts with
> '-', included otherwise.

One more try:

<scheme>://[[<user>@@]<host>[:<port>]][/<path>][?[-]<pattern>[;[-]<pattern>]...]
Branches matching a pattern are excluded if the pattern is preceded by
'-', included otherwise.

-- 
-- Stephe

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