From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:11:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Why does git track directory listed in .gitignore/".git/info/exclude"?
Message-ID: <20080123211138.GB21300@blorf.net>
In-Reply-To: <6bc632150801230554l3b24e1e4lb4641bf7c16857c0@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:24:44PM +0530, pradeep singh rautela wrote:
> i.e i have added following line to both of them -
> xen-3.1.0-src/

That doesn't match the directory due to the trailing slash.  If you
remove that slash, it will match the dir, and then ignore anything
you place inside.

..wayne..