 symbol set and is not a colon.</p>
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<p>In the long form, the leading colon <code>:</code> is followed by an open
parenthesis <code>(</code>, a comma-separated list of zero or more "magic words",
and a close parentheses <code>)</code>, and the remainder is the pattern to match
against the path.</p>
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<p>A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form
should not be combined with other pathspec.</p>
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