Linus Torvalds wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Tommy Thorn wrote:
My desperate attempts "./foo" and "^foo" also didn't work. Please note that
this is a vastly simplified version of the real problem, so I can't just use
"!mousetrap/foo".
It seems "foo/" _should_ work even though foo isn't a directory.
Close but no cigar.
Use "/foo" and it should be ok.
Basically, a path with a slash in it is considered absolute, but if the
slash is at the end it will only match a directory. A slash at the
*beginning* will match the root of the git repository, though.
D'oh, of course that works. I double check the documentation and it
actually isn't obvious that that is allowed, so I propose this patch.
Tommy
From c0a003e995e325d5d9e056137b4b02c370c9dc03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommy Thorn <tommy-git@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:34:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/gitginore.txt: Be explicit about the /foo
form
Signed-off-by: Tommy Thorn <tommy-git@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index e847b3b..941a8a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Patterns have the following format:
included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will
override lower precedence patterns sources.
+ - If the pattern begins with a slash '/', the pattern will only
+ match in the current directory.
+
- If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the
purpose of the following description, but it would only find
a match with a directory. In other words, `foo/` will match a
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1.5.5.rc1
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