Re: .gitignore alleged bug

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Feb 23, 2019, 00:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20190223002339.GA601925@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <b23df617fddf45389406da2360dceb63@SRV-ERC-MAIL01.XCMG-ERC.LOCAL>

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 03:39:53PM +0000, Celestino, Federico wrote:

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> Dear Support Team,
> 
> I am facing a serious issue with .gitignore (see attachment).
> 
> The problem is that the folder contents of 04 - Software/SW Code/STM32/Lib/Drivers/CMSIS/Device/ are ignored because of a suspected misinterpretation of .gitignore.
> 
> Here are some results that you could find useful:
> 
> $ git clean -ndX
> Would remove 04 - Software/SW Code/STM32/Lib/Drivers/CMSIS/Device/
> 
> $ git check-ignore -v "04 - Software/SW Code/STM32/Lib/Drivers/CMSIS/Device/"
> 04 - Software/SW Code/STM32/Lib/Drivers/CMSIS/.gitignore:2:Device       04 - Software/SW Code/STM32/Lib/Drivers/CMSIS/Device/
> 
> Since in the path there is no '~' (tilde) character, it seems a bug to me.

It looks like you have a .gitignore file in the "CMSIS" directory that contains the string "Device", which is why this directory is ignored. Is that indeed the case?

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