From: Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson0@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug Report: .gitignore behavior is not matching in git clean and git status
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:56:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABfTTAdQPGei6CZoHGJGUtKHdJ4eT822pzc=DATynfeaZ94gxA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq60hljqud.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
Good assessment/understanding of the issue. git clean -n does not
report anything as being targeted for removal, and git clean -f
matches that behavior. I agree with it probably being related
specifically to the -d flag.
As another experiment I modified .gitignore to ignore /A/B/C instead
of /A/B/ and the same result occurs (-n reports nothing, -dn reports
removing A/)
Lastly, I changed .gitignore to just be /A/, and in doing so, clean
-dn stops reporting that it will remove A/. I’m not exactly sure if
this last one is surprising or not.
Also, and sorry for the noise, but I did a reply-all here, but will a
reply automatically include the rest of the list? Or was reply-all the
right move?
On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson0@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am a mailing list noob so I’m sorry if this is the wrong format or
>> the wrong please.
>>
>> Here’s the setup for the bug (I will call it a bug but I half expect
>> somebody to tell me I’m an idiot):
>>
>> git init
>> echo "/A/B/" > .gitignore
>
> You tell Git that anything in A/B/ are uninteresting.
>
>> git add .gitignore && git commit -m 'Add ignore'
>> mkdir -p A/B
>> touch A/B/C
>
> And create an uninteresting cruft.
>
>> git status
>
> And Git does not bug you about it.
>
>> git clean -dn
>
> This incorrectly reports "Would remove A/" and if you gave 'f'
> instead of 'n', it does remove A/, A/B, and A/B/C.
>
> Despite that "git clean --help" says 'only files unknown to Git are
> removed' (with an undefined term 'unknown to Git'). What it wants
> the term mean can be guessed by seeing 'if the -x option is
> specified, ignored files are also removed'---so 'unknown to Git'
> does not include what you told .gitignore that they are
> uninteresting. IOW, Git knows they are not interesting.
>
> It looks like a bug in "git clean -d" to me. Do you see the same
> issue if you use "git clean" without "-d"? IOW, does it offer to
> remove A/B/C?
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Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-28 22:56 Bug Report: .gitignore behavior is not matching in git clean and git status Chris Johnson
2017-05-01 1:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-01 1:56 ` Chris Johnson [this message]
2017-05-01 3:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-01 13:51 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-01 15:34 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-02 0:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 0/7] Keep git clean -d from inadvertently removing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 1/7] t7300: skip untracked dirs containing " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 18:19 ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-03 18:26 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 18:34 ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 2/7] dir: recurse into untracked dirs for " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 3/7] dir: add method to check if a dir_entry lexically contains another Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 18:09 ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 4/7] dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 5/7] dir: change linkage of cmp_name() and check_contains() Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 6/7] builtin/clean: teach clean -d to skip dirs containing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-03 3:29 ` [PATCH 7/7] t7061: check for ignored file in untracked dir Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] Keep git clean -d from inadvertently removing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-08 4:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-08 21:37 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-09 0:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Fix clean -d and status --ignored Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] t7300: clean -d should skip dirs with ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] t7061: status --ignored should search untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] dir: recurse into untracked dirs for ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] dir: expose cmp_name() and check_contains() Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] clean: teach clean -d to preserve ignored paths Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 22:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-24 4:14 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2017-05-25 15:36 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-26 1:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] t7300: clean -d should skip dirs with ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] t7061: status --ignored should search untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] dir: recurse into untracked dirs for ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] dir: expose cmp_name() and check_contains() Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 9:18 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] clean: teach clean -d to preserve ignored paths Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 12:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-23 19:16 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] t7300: clean -d should skip dirs with ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] t7061: status --ignored should search untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dir: recurse into untracked dirs for ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-22 3:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] dir: expose cmp_name() and check_contains() Samuel Lijin
2017-05-22 0:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-18 8:21 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] clean: teach clean -d to skip dirs containing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-22 4:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-22 5:58 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-22 6:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-23 2:43 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-23 7:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] t7300: clean -d should skip dirs with " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] t7061: status --ignored should search untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] dir: recurse into untracked dirs for ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-17 6:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-17 7:02 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-17 6:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-17 7:32 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-17 10:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] dir: expose cmp_name() and check_contains() Samuel Lijin
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] clean: teach clean -d to skip dirs containing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 2:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-18 6:32 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] t7300: clean -d now skips untracked " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 2:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-16 7:34 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] t7061: status --ignored now searches untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-18 2:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] t7300: skip untracked dirs containing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-07 19:12 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2017-05-08 21:24 ` Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] t7061: expect failure where expected behavior will change Samuel Lijin
2017-05-08 4:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] dir: recurse into untracked dirs for ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] dir: add method to check if a dir_entry lexically contains another Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] dir: change linkage of cmp_name() and check_contains() Samuel Lijin
2017-05-08 4:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] builtin/clean: teach clean -d to skip dirs containing ignored files Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] t7300: clean -d now skips untracked " Samuel Lijin
2017-05-05 10:46 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] t7061: expect ignored files in untracked dirs Samuel Lijin
2017-05-08 6:35 ` Junio C Hamano
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