Bug: git add does not process gitignore properly
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What did you do before the bug happened?
Sitting at the rood of my working directory I attempted to add a file to the git repository with:
> git add extern/bin/build
The repository had the following .gitignore file contents:
> /extern/
> !/extern/bin/
> !/extern/ABOUT.md
What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
I expected it to be added.
What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
I received an error message:
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> The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
> extern
> hint: Use -f if you really want to add them.
> hint: Turn this message off by running
> hint: "git config advice.addIgnoredFile false"
What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
By negating entries in the /extern/bin/ directory, I did not expect an error
message. Of course adding -f made it work, but I think it does not match the
described behavior for this tool.
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[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.41.0
cpu: arm64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
uname: Darwin 22.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Mon Apr 24 20:52:24 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.2~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
compiler info: clang: 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)
libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh
[Enabled Hooks]
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David C. Black, Electronics/Programming Technology Instructor