embed: document additional file name restrictions
For #44486
Change-Id: I66af9f7a9f95489a41fd6710e50bdd7878f78b85
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/413494
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diff --git a/src/embed/embed.go b/src/embed/embed.go
index cbe2d39..c54b961 100644
--- a/src/embed/embed.go
+++ b/src/embed/embed.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
// It can only be used with variables at package scope, not with local variables.
//
// Patterns must not match files outside the package's module, such as ‘.git/*’ or symbolic links.
+// Patterns must not match files whose names include the special punctuation characters " * < > ? ` ' | / \ and :.
// 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.
//
