Add a comment about using \. to escape dots in yaml lookup paths

2013-07-22 00:51:35 +02:00 · 2013-07-22 00:51:35 +02:00 · cca1c50632
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--- a/rest-api-spec/test/README.asciidoc
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/README.asciidoc
@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ If one of the levels (eg `tokens`) does not exist, it should return an undefined
 If no field name is given (ie the empty string) then return the current
 $val -- used for testing the whole response body.

+Use \. to specify paths that actually contain '.' in the key name, for example
+in the `indices.get_settings` API.
+
 Skipping tests:
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 If tests should be skipped on particular versions of Elasticsearch, the