Re: .gitignore issue

Hi Alf,

This is expected behavior. When a directory matches an ignore rule, Git stops descending into it entirely. The pattern

        backup_STOCKS*/

matches directories starting with backup_STOCKS, and once Git prunes traversal at that level, similarly prefixed paths can disappear from git status, which is why backups/ no longer shows up.

This isn’t a bug, but a result of how ignore patterns and directory pruning work.

If you want to ignore only those directories and nothing else, anchoring the pattern helps:

        /backup_STOCKS_*/

You can also verify which rule is responsible with:

        git check-ignore -v backups/

Hope that clears it up.

Best, Pushkar