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-rw-r--r--src/embed/embed.go18
-rw-r--r--src/io/fs/fs.go1
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/embed/embed.go b/src/embed/embed.go
index f12bf31e76..98da870ac6 100644
--- a/src/embed/embed.go
+++ b/src/embed/embed.go
@@ -61,12 +61,15 @@
// The Go build system will recognize the directives and arrange for the declared variable
// (in the example above, content) to be populated with the matching files from the file system.
//
-// The //go:embed directive accepts multiple space-separated patterns for brevity,
-// but it can also be repeated, to avoid very long lines when there are many patterns.
-// The patterns are interpreted relative to the package directory containing the source file.
-// The path separator is a forward slash, even on Windows systems.
-// To allow for naming files with spaces in their names, patterns can be written
-// as Go double-quoted or back-quoted string literals.
+// The //go:embed directive accepts multiple space-separated patterns for
+// brevity, but it can also be repeated, to avoid very long lines when there are
+// many patterns. The patterns are interpreted relative to the package directory
+// containing the source file. The path separator is a forward slash, even on
+// Windows systems. Patterns may not contain ‘.’ or ‘..’ or empty path elements,
+// nor may they begin or end with a slash. To match everything in the current
+// directory, use ‘*’ instead of ‘.’. To allow for naming files with spaces in
+// their names, patterns can be written as Go double-quoted or back-quoted
+// string literals.
//
// If a pattern names a directory, all files in the subtree rooted at that directory are
// embedded (recursively), except that files with names beginning with ‘.’ or ‘_’
@@ -87,9 +90,6 @@
// Matches for empty directories are ignored. After that, each pattern in a //go:embed line
// must match at least one file or non-empty directory.
//
-// Patterns must not contain ‘.’ or ‘..’ path elements nor begin with a leading slash.
-// To match everything in the current directory, use ‘*’ instead of ‘.’.
-//
// If any patterns are invalid or have invalid matches, the build will fail.
//
// Strings and Bytes
diff --git a/src/io/fs/fs.go b/src/io/fs/fs.go
index b691a86049..c330f123ad 100644
--- a/src/io/fs/fs.go
+++ b/src/io/fs/fs.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type FS interface {
// sequences of path elements, like “x/y/z”.
// Path names must not contain a “.” or “..” or empty element,
// except for the special case that the root directory is named “.”.
+// Leading and trailing slashes (like “/x” or “x/”) are not allowed.
//
// Paths are slash-separated on all systems, even Windows.
// Backslashes must not appear in path names.