On Thu, Jul 19 2018, Timothy Rice wrote: >> How did you come up with this "./" syntax? > > It is a Unix thing: "./" or just "." refers to the current directory. > > When calling scripts or programs in the current directory from a Unix > command line, it is required to refer to them as, say, "./foo" (not just > "foo") -- unless "." is in your PATH. > > Most people do put "." in their PATH for convenience but it is considered a > little unsafe [1]. > > Personally, I am surprised that gitignore does not understand this > notation. To me, OPs meaning was crystal clear: "./foo" should mean to only > ignore the foo in the repository's root directory. > > [1] https://superuser.com/questions/156582/why-is-not-in-the-path-by-default To clarify I was trying to fish for whether we'd accidentally documented "./" somewhere since OP was making references to the docs.
