Re: Feature Request: gitignore recursion
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> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 5:23 AM, AJ <allj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm hoping to get the following feature implemented into git.
>>
>> Add the ability to recursively include using:
>> !/my_dir/**/*
>
>
> You can do that since v1.8.2. Actually the pattern should be
>
> !/my_dir/**
>
Another solution to include just one specific directory:
/*
!/wp-content
/wp-content/*
!/wp-content/themes
Note the "/*", instead of "*" which matches everything everywhere.
> Checkout gitignore man page for more information.
>
The compiled version reads like this:
"A trailing "/" matches everything inside. For example, "abc/" matches all files inside directory "abc"..."
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Subject: [PATCH] gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns
"**" means bold in ASCIIDOC, so we need to escape it.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
---
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 54e334e..f971960 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
- A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
- "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+ "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "`**/foo/bar`"
matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
under directory "`foo`".
- - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
- "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+ - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
+ "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "`abc`", relative
to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
- A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash
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1.8.4.msysgit.1
Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com>