Re: Cannot negate `*` ignore pattern for directory with space in the name

From: Victor Engmark <victorengmark@catalyst.net.nz>
Date: Sep 18, 2018, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID: <4af0a71a-4b25-f09c-b238-3264e7a49058@catalyst.net.nz>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8Cbp+1-CXMup4m=qLgJA511X0NtM51sFma_8nmp4_EhKg@mail.gmail.com>

On 19/09/2018 05:59, Duy Nguyen wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 6:13 AM Victor Engmark
> <victorengmark@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:

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Show 8 quoted lines

>> $ cat > .gitignore << EOF
>>> *
>>> !foo bar
>>> !foo\ bar
>>> !"foo bar"
> 
> No need to quote, either with double quotes or backslashes. They are
> interpreted as literal " and \

Thanks! I just tried a bunch of things to see if anything stuck.

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>> $ git status --short
>> [no output]
> 
> It's not exactly a bug, more like a trap. '*' matches anything, at
> every level. So even if you negate 'foo bar', when we check 'foo
> bar/test', '*' pattern applies again and ignores 'foo bar/test'. If
> the first line in .gitignore is /* instead of * (to keep match
> anything at the top level directory only), then it should work.

You're right, I've managed to induce the placebo effect in myself :) Thank you for the help, and sorry for the noise!

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Cheers
Victor