Re: Bug in .gitignore handling
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:26
Tommy Thorn [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
Linus Torvalds wrote:quoted
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Tommy Thorn wrote:...quoted
Use "/foo" and it should be ok. Basically, a path with a slash in it is considered absolute, but if the slash is at the end it will only match a directory. A slash at the *beginning* will match the root of the git repository, though.D'oh, of course that works. I double check the documentation and it actually isn't obvious that that is allowed, so I propose this patch.diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index e847b3b..941a8a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Patterns have the following format: included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence patterns sources. + - If the pattern begins with a slash '/', the pattern will only + match in the current directory. +
Did you fully read the existing description and Linus's resopnse? The above is just a special case of a pattern that contains a slash '/' (iow, that falls into "Otherwise" rule that follows "If the pattern does not contain a slash '/'").