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gitignore does not ignore wildcard directory if it is a link

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Vvoxspox <voxspox@gmx.net>
Date
Aug 21, 2020, 13:37 UTC
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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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  1. voxspoxAug 21, 2020
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