2011/11/7 Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>: > From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:15:54 +0200 > > Trying to whitelist a single file pattern in a directory that I was > otherwise content to ignore, if I try > > /m4/ > !/m4/virt-*.m4 > > then 'git add' will keep warning me that I have to use -f. That is > because ignoring a directory is much different than ignoring all files > in a directory, when it comes to later negation patterns: > > /m4/* > !/m4/virt-*.m4 > gitignore.txt is also referred in sparse checkout. And (un)fortunately the former also works in sparse checkout. I don't know, may be you could put this in a subsection or something reference-able so we could mention in sparse checkout document that this part of gitignore.txt does not apply to sparse checkout? -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html