Hi, git version 2.31.1.362.g311531c9de git-check-ignore When a negative pattern is the last .gitignore match the -v option causes the exit status to be 0 rather than the expected 1. e.g say .gitignore contains one line: !hello git check-ignore hello #outputs nothing echo $? #shows correct exit status=1 i.e None of the provided paths are ignored. but git check-ignore -v hello #output is next line .gitignore:4:!hello hello echo $? #shows wrong exit status=0 i.e. One or more of the provided paths is ignored Following change seems to fix it for me --- a/builtin/check-ignore.c +++ b/builtin/check-ignore.c @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int check_ignore(struct dir_struct *dir, } if (!quiet && (pattern || show_non_matching)) output_pattern(pathspec.items[i].original, pattern); - if (pattern) + if (pattern && !(pattern->flags & PATTERN_FLAG_NEGATIVE)) num_ignored++; } free(seen); Regards, Jeremy Faith