From: David C Black Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:38:19 GMT Subject: Bug: git add does not process gitignore properly Message-ID: Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.   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:   > 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.   Anything else you want to add:   Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.   [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]   --  David C. Black, Electronics/Programming Technology Instructor