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Help: Document that file(GLOB) result is sorted

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It has been sorted since commit v3.6.0-rc1~54^2 (file: Sort GLOB results
to make it deterministic, 2016-05-14).  That commit left the order
unspecified in the documentation, but has been stable long enough to
document now.
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Ruslan Baratov
2017-08-03 15:41:13 +03:00
committed by Brad King
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@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ Generate a list of files that match the ``<globbing-expressions>`` and
store it into the ``<variable>``. Globbing expressions are similar to store it into the ``<variable>``. Globbing expressions are similar to
regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is
specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given
path. No specific order of results is defined other than that it is path. The results will be ordered lexicographically.
deterministic. If order is important then sort the list explicitly
(e.g. using the :command:`list(SORT)` command).
By default ``GLOB`` lists directories - directories are omited in result if By default ``GLOB`` lists directories - directories are omited in result if
``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` is set to false. ``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` is set to false.