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

From: Thomas Wichern <nordertom@gmx.de>
Date: May 30, 2012, 10:52 UTC
Message-ID: <799289647.20120530125233@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <4FC5F661.6090105@viscovery.net>

Hi Hannes,

thanks a lot - it was my fault and you're right. It works with "(*)/" very well!

Horrido, Thomas

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> Am 5/30/2012 10:43, schrieb Thomas Wichern:
>> 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