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[PATCH v4 11/12] Support "**" wildcard in .gitignore and .gitattributes

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 10, 2012, 10:40 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitattributes.txt    |  6 ++++++
 Documentation/gitignore.txt        | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 attr.c                             |  4 +++-
 dir.c                              |  4 +++-
 t/t0003-attributes.sh              | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 99ed04d..93c542b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ overrides an earlier line.  This overriding is done per
 attribute.  The rules how the pattern matches paths are the
 same as in `.gitignore` files; see linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
+Note that if a .gitignore rule matches a directory, the directory
+is ignored, which may be seen as "ignore" attribute propagated to
+to all files and directories inside. If a .gitattributes rule
+matches a directory, it manipulates attributes on that directory
+only, not files and directories inside.
+
 When deciding what attributes are assigned to a path, git
 consults `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file (which has the highest
 precedence), `.gitattributes` file in the same directory as the
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 96639e0..b564b4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,25 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
    For example, "/{asterisk}.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not
    "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
 
+Two consecutive asterisks ("`**`") in patterns matched against
+full pathname may have special meaning:
+
+ - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
+   directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
+   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+   matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
+   under directory "`foo`".
+
+ - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+   to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
+
+ - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash
+   matches zero or more directories. For example, "`a/**/b`"
+   matches "`a/b`", "`a/x/b`", "`a/x/y/b`" and so on.
+
+ - Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.
+
 NOTES
 -----
 
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 887a9ae..8010429 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "attr.h"
 #include "dir.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true";
 const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false";
@@ -666,7 +667,8 @@ static int path_matches(const char *pathname, int pathlen,
 		return 0;
 	if (baselen != 0)
 		baselen++;
-	return fnmatch_icase(pattern, pathname + baselen, FNM_PATHNAME) == 0;
+	return wildmatch(pattern, pathname + baselen,
+			 ignore_case ? FNM_CASEFOLD : 0) == 0;
 }
 
 static int macroexpand_one(int attr_nr, int rem);
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 4868339..442db1c 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "refs.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 struct path_simplify {
 	int len;
@@ -575,7 +576,8 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
 			namelen -= prefix;
 		}
 
-		if (!namelen || !fnmatch_icase(exclude, name, FNM_PATHNAME))
+		if (!namelen ||
+		    wildmatch(exclude, name, ignore_case ? FNM_CASEFOLD : 0) == 0)
 			return to_exclude;
 	}
 	return -1; /* undecided */
diff --git a/t/t0003-attributes.sh b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
index febc45c..67a5694 100755
--- a/t/t0003-attributes.sh
+++ b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
@@ -232,4 +232,42 @@ test_expect_success 'bare repository: test info/attributes' '
 	attr_check subdir/a/i unspecified
 '
 
+test_expect_success '"**" test' '
+	cd .. &&
+	echo "**/f foo=bar" >.gitattributes &&
+	cat <<\EOF >expect &&
+f: foo: bar
+a/f: foo: bar
+a/b/f: foo: bar
+a/b/c/f: foo: bar
+EOF
+	git check-attr foo -- "f" >actual 2>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "a/f" >>actual 2>>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "a/b/f" >>actual 2>>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "a/b/c/f" >>actual 2>>err &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	test_line_count = 0 err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"**" with no slashes test' '
+	echo "a**f foo=bar" >.gitattributes &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "f" >actual &&
+	cat <<\EOF >expect &&
+f: foo: unspecified
+af: foo: bar
+axf: foo: bar
+a/f: foo: unspecified
+a/b/f: foo: unspecified
+a/b/c/f: foo: unspecified
+EOF
+	git check-attr foo -- "f" >actual 2>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "af" >>actual 2>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "axf" >>actual 2>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "a/f" >>actual 2>>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "a/b/f" >>actual 2>>err &&
+	git check-attr foo -- "a/b/c/f" >>actual 2>>err &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	test_line_count = 0 err
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh b/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
index c8fe978..278315d 100755
--- a/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
+++ b/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
@@ -214,4 +214,23 @@ test_expect_success 'subdirectory ignore (l1)' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-files with "**" patterns' '
+	cat <<\EOF >expect &&
+a.1
+one/a.1
+one/two/a.1
+three/a.1
+EOF
+	git ls-files -o -i --exclude "**/a.1" >actual
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-files with "**" patterns and no slashes' '
+	: >expect &&
+	git ls-files -o -i --exclude "one**a.1" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.7.12.1.406.g6ab07c4
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  2. 01/12 ctype: make sane_ctype[] const arrayNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  3. 02/12 ctype: support iscntrl, ispunct, isxdigit and isprintNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  4. 03/12 Import wildmatch from rsyncNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  5. 04/12 wildmatch: remove unnecessary functionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  6. Michael HaggertyOct 10, 2012
  7. 05/12 Integrate wildmatch to gitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  8. Johannes SixtOct 12, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2012
  10. 06/12 wildmatch: make wildmatch's return value compatible with fnmatchNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  11. 07/12 wildmatch: remove static variable force_lower_caseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  12. 08/12 wildmatch: fix case-insensitive matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  13. 09/12 wildmatch: adjust "**" behaviorNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  14. 10/12 wildmatch: make /**/ match zero or more directoriesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  15. 11/12 Support "**" wildcard in .gitignore and .gitattributesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  16. 12/12 t3070: disable two fnmatch tests that have different results on different libcNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 10, 2012
  17. Johannes SixtOct 12, 2012
  18. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 12, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 11, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2012
  25. Torsten BögershausenOct 12, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2012
  27. Torsten BögershausenOct 12, 2012
  28. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 13, 2012

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