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

"**" means bold in ASCIIDOC, so we need to escape it. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
dequis · Nov 7, 2013 · 8447dc8 · 8447dc8
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
 
  - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
    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
    under directory "`foo`".
 
- - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
-   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+ - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "`abc`", relative
    to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
 
  - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash