Hi Junio, and thanks a lot for your reply :) El lun, 22 ene 2024 a las 21:52, Junio C Hamano (<gitster@xxxxxxxxx>) escribió: > Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado <raulnac@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > In short: using 'git ls-files --others > > --exclude-from=subdir/.gitignore' results in an empty listing if > > subdir/.gitignore contains '*". IMHO that pattern should be applied to > > the subdir contents ... > > I do not think so. > > Imagine what would happen then if you did > > $ cp subdir/.gitignore /var/tmp/1 > $ git ls-files --others --exclude-from=/var/tmp/1 I understand this use case, yes. I was thinking about what git itself does when ignoring files, especially when dealing with .gitgnore files in subdirectories, but clearly this needs a different policy, yes. What I needed from this command is a way of backing up some ignored files. These files should not go into the repository, but I'm using them temporarily for development so it is a good idea to back them up. I'll just backup the entire repository instead, is not a big deal :)) Again, thanks for your reply and your explanation! It's a huge honor to be replied to by no less than the Git team leather! -- Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado .
