From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:27:50 GMT Subject: Re: Bug in .gitignore handling Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <47EAABB6.30803@thorn.ws> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Tommy Thorn wrote: > > My desperate attempts "./foo" and "^foo" also didn't work. Please note that > this is a vastly simplified version of the real problem, so I can't just use > "!mousetrap/foo". > > It seems "foo/" _should_ work even though foo isn't a directory. Close but no cigar. Use "/foo" and it should be ok. Basically, a path with a slash in it is considered absolute, but if the slash is at the end it will only match a directory. A slash at the *beginning* will match the root of the git repository, though. Linus