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Subject: Re: gitignore - how to ignore only in current directory
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On 2010.05.23 21:28:39 +0100, Howard Miller wrote:
> I want to ignore a particular file name in a particular directory.
> However, the same filename may appear in subdirectories and in those
> cases I do *not* want it ignored.

If the pattern contains a non-trailing slash, then the pattern is
matched against the whole path (relative to the directory the .gitignor=
e
file is in), not just against the filename relative to its parent
directory. So if you want to ignore "foo" only in the directory the
=2Egitignore file is in use "/foo" (without the quotes).

Bj=F6rn