From 7b0b0bbefa8d0dd3ff3e1698c76db247e8641fe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jakub=20Ber=C3=A1nek?= Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:45:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that backtick escaping doesn't work for `@bors try jobs` --- src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ci.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ci.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ci.md index a8cc959124ff..a32edd724011 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ci.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ci.md @@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ which can be used in one of two ways: Each job pattern can either be an exact name of a job or a glob pattern that matches multiple jobs, for example `*msvc*` or `*-alt`. You can start at most 20 jobs in a single try build. When using -glob patterns, you might want to wrap them in backticks (`` ` ``) to avoid GitHub rendering -the pattern as Markdown. +glob patterns in the PR description, you can wrap them in backticks (`` ` ``) to avoid GitHub rendering +the pattern as Markdown if it contains e.g. an asterisk. Note that this escaping will not work when using +the `@bors jobs=` parameter. The job pattern needs to match one or more jobs defined in the `auto` or `optional` sections of [`jobs.yml`]: