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Re: gitignore broken in git 1.7.0.1: slash checks leading dirs

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Mar 5, 2010, 09:16 UTC
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Jiri Slaby schrieb:
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> On 03/05/2010 10:05 AM, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> Jiri Slaby schrieb:
>>> ***
>>> If the pattern does not contain a slash /, git treats it as a shell
>>> glob pattern and checks for a match against the pathname without
>>> leading directories.
>>> ***
>> and this citation confirms my expectation. Note that it says "pathname",
>> not "filename". 'include/linux' is a "pathname".
> 
> What are 'leading directories' then?
'include/' is the leading directory of 'include/linux'.

The cited sentence says that the particular check considers only the last path component of the pathname.

-- Hannes
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  1. Jiri SlabyMar 5, 2010
  2. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2010
  3. Jiri SlabyMar 5, 2010
  4. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2010
  5. 1/1 gitignore: do not ignore include/linux/Jiri Slaby, Mar 5, 2010
  6. Jakub NarebskiMar 5, 2010
  7. Jiri SlabyMar 5, 2010
  8. David RientjesMar 10, 2010
  9. Américo WangMar 10, 2010
  10. David RientjesMar 10, 2010
  11. Américo WangMar 8, 2010
  12. Jiri SlabyMar 5, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederMar 5, 2010
  14. Jiri SlabyMar 5, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederMar 5, 2010
  16. Jonathan NiederMar 5, 2010
  17. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2010
  18. gitignore.5: Clarify matching rulesJonathan Nieder, Mar 5, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2010

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