From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: marat@seldon.slonopotamus.org
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git check-ignore returns 0 for negated masks
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:48:54 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmucrcimx.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191119140135.GA7389@seldon.slonopotamus.org> (marat@seldon.slonopotamus.org's message of "Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:01:35 +0300")
marat@seldon.slonopotamus.org writes:
> I believe this is a bug because it contradicts check-ignore documentation:
>
> 0 - One or more of the provided paths is ignored.
> 1 - None of the provided paths are ignored.
I think the doc was written with primarily positive entries in mind
(it might even predate the introduction of the feature to allow
negative entries in the file), so it might need to be adjusted with
something like s/be ignored/match the pattern/, perhaps?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-20 3:49 UTC|newest]
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2019-11-19 14:01 git check-ignore returns 0 for negated masks marat
2019-11-20 3:48 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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