From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Thomas Wichern <nordertom@gmx.de>
Cc: git-mailing <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git 1.7.10.msysgit.1: different behaviour in ".gitignore" and ".git/info/exclude"
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 12:28:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FC5F661.6090105@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <96434119.20120530104356@gmx.de>
Am 5/30/2012 10:43, schrieb Thomas Wichern:
> If you have a ".gitignore" - file that contains the pattern "/(*)/", a
> directory that matches the pattern is ignored completely.
>
> If you put the same pattern into the ".git/info/exclude" - file, the
> pattern does not work - these directories still show up.
>
> I expected that all directories anywhere the repository that match the
> pattern to be ignored.
The first slash in the pattern means: Match only in this directory, not in
subdirectories. For patterns in .git/info/exclude, "this directory" is the
top-level of the repository.
> Am I doing something wrong? Is the pattern not correct?
Perhaps you need "(*)/", i.e., without the first slash.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-30 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-30 8:43 git 1.7.10.msysgit.1: different behaviour in ".gitignore" and ".git/info/exclude" Thomas Wichern
2012-05-30 10:28 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2012-05-30 10:52 ` Thomas Wichern
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