* gitignore does not ignore wildcard directory if it is a link
@ 2020-08-21 13:37 voxspox
2020-08-21 16:46 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: voxspox @ 2020-08-21 13:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi,
I start with a scenario:
contents of working copy:
/somefile1
/test/dir1 (directory)
/test/dir2 (link to directory)
/test/dir3 (link to directory)
/test/file1
I want to ignore all subfolders in "test", thus I modified my .gitignore to:
/test/*/
> git status
Untracked files:
test/dir2
test/dir3
Putting "/test/dir3" into .gitignore will work fine.
-> It seems that directories are not ignored by a wildcard pattern if
the directory is a link
using: 2.25.1 on Linux
regards Knut
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* Re: gitignore does not ignore wildcard directory if it is a link
2020-08-21 13:37 gitignore does not ignore wildcard directory if it is a link voxspox
@ 2020-08-21 16:46 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2020-08-21 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: voxspox; +Cc: git
voxspox <voxspox@gmx.net> writes:
> /somefile1
> /test/dir1 (directory)
> /test/dir2 (link to directory)
> /test/dir3 (link to directory)
> /test/file1
>
> I want to ignore all subfolders in "test", thus I modified my .gitignore to:
>
> /test/*/
>
>
>> git status
>
> Untracked files:
> test/dir2
> test/dir3
>
>
> Putting "/test/dir3" into .gitignore will work fine.
>
>
> -> It seems that directories are not ignored by a wildcard pattern if
> the directory is a link
This is working as designed, intended and expected, I would think.
Git does track symbolic links as the first-class citizen, and dir2
and dir3 in the above example are *not* directories.
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