On 2011-01-16 21:45 +0100, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <87aaj0vceg....@turtle.gmx.de>, Sven Joachim wrote: >>On 2011-01-16 20:58 +0100, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> In <20110116160216.GA6914@think.homelan>, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>>>$ git init >>>>Initialized empty Git repository in /home/amp/Download/gitest/.git/ >>>>$ touch dir/file3 >>>>$ echo '*' > .gitignore >>>>$ git status -s >>>>$ echo '!file1' >> .gitignore >>>>$ echo '!dir/' >> .gitignore >>>>$ git status -s >>>>?? file1 >>>>$ >>>> >>>>Why is 'dir' still ignored? >>>> >>> Looks like a bug to me. It is at least an undocumented feature. >> >>The FAQ mentions¹ that you cannot add empty directories in git, and the >>'*' in .gitignore means that no _files_ below dir/ will be added. > > !dir/ doesn't just match a directory. Per the gitignore(5) manpage: > · An optional prefix ! which negates the pattern; any matching file > excluded by a previous pattern will become included again. If a > negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence > patterns sources. > > · If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the purpose of > the following description, but it would only find a match with a > directory. In other words, foo/ will match a directory foo and > paths underneath it, but will not match a regular file or a > symbolic link foo (this is consistent with the way how pathspec > works in general in git).
I see. Indeed, even replacing "!dir/" with "!dir/*" or "!dir/file3" in Andrei's example does not persuade "git status -s" to mention the file. This seems to be a bug indeed, taking it to g...@vger.kernel.org would be good. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871v4cv9oa....@turtle.gmx.de
