gitignore pattern matching issue with Windows
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- Date
- Jul 28, 2025, 21:09 UTC
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Git does not seem to properly handle the pattern [AB] but it does handle [ab].
Here is the demonstration of the bug:
C:\gitbug>git --version git version 2.50.1.windows.1
C:\gitbug>echo [ab] > .gitignore
C:\gitbug>type .gitignore [ab]
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v a .gitignore:1:[ab] a
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v b .gitignore:1:[ab] b
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v A .gitignore:1:[ab] A
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v B .gitignore:1:[ab] B
C:\gitbug>echo [AB] > .gitignore
C:\gitbug>type .gitignore [AB]
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v a
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v b
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v A
C:\gitbug>git check-ignore -v B
C:\gitbug>git config core.ignorecase true
C:\gitbug>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.6093]
C:\gitbug>
Rex McCarthy