This breaks git status --ignored. $ ./git status --porcelain --ignored -- a !! abspath.o !! add-interactive.o !! add-patch.o !! advice.o !! alias.o !! alloc.o !! apply.o !! archive-tar.o !! archive-zip.o !! archive.o !! argv-array.o !! attr.o Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."