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Re: git 1.7.10.msysgit.1: different behaviour in ".gitignore" and ".git/info/exclude"

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
May 30, 2012, 10:28 UTC
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Am 5/30/2012 10:43, schrieb Thomas Wichern:
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> If you have a ".gitignore" - file that contains the pattern "/(*)/", a
> directory that matches the pattern is ignored completely.
> 
> If you put the same pattern into the ".git/info/exclude" - file, the
> pattern does not work - these directories still show up.
> 
> I expected that all directories anywhere the repository that match the
> pattern to be ignored.

The first slash in the pattern means: Match only in this directory, not in subdirectories. For patterns in .git/info/exclude, "this directory" is the top-level of the repository.

> Am I doing something wrong? Is the pattern not correct?
Perhaps you need "(*)/", i.e., without the first slash.
-- Hannes
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