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Re: Git attributes ignored for root directory

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Oct 13, 2011, 13:16 UTC
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Am 10/13/2011 12:49, schrieb Gioele Barabucci:
> I see that `/*/` in `.gitignores` successfully ignores all the non-hidden
> directories in the root project directory. Another accidental success? :)

No, that's by design. The first slash means "apply only in this directory, not any subdirectories", and the slash at the end means "match only if the name is a directory".

-- Hannes
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  1. Gioele BarabucciOct 4, 2011
  2. Michael HaggertyOct 5, 2011
  3. Gioele BarabucciOct 5, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  5. Gioele BarabucciOct 5, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  7. Gioele BarabucciOct 5, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  9. Michael HaggertyOct 12, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  11. Gioele BarabucciOct 13, 2011
  12. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2011

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