[PATCH] dir: skip excluded directory with nested repo on prefix match

From

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>

Date

Sep 18, 2026, 11:04 UTC

Message-ID

<be53c379-b0e1-4242-8504-e96c2c49d294@web.de>

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Reported-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Reported-by: Lester Longley <lester@ieee.org>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 dir.c                      | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 95d8a1cce9..0557a59d5e 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1930,6 +1930,16 @@ static enum exist_status directory_exists_in_index(struct index_state *istate,
 	return index_nonexistent;
 }
 
+static int dir_match(struct index_state *istate,
+		     const struct pathspec *pathspec,
+		     const char *dirname, int len)
+{
+	return match_pathspec_with_flags(istate, pathspec, dirname, len,
+					 0 /* prefix */,
+					 NULL /* seen */,
+					 DO_MATCH_LEADING_PATHSPEC);
+}
+
 /*
  * When we find a directory when traversing the filesystem, we
  * have three distinct cases:
@@ -1996,11 +2006,7 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
 	 * for matching patterns.
 	 */
 	if (pathspec && !excluded) {
-		matches_how = match_pathspec_with_flags(istate, pathspec,
-							dirname, len,
-							0 /* prefix */,
-							NULL /* seen */,
-							DO_MATCH_LEADING_PATHSPEC);
+		matches_how = dir_match(istate, pathspec, dirname, len);
 		if (!matches_how)
 			return path_none;
 	}
@@ -2034,8 +2040,13 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
 		strbuf_release(&sb);
 
 		if (nested_repo) {
-			if ((dir->flags & DIR_SKIP_NESTED_GIT) ||
-				(matches_how == MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC))
+			if (dir->flags & DIR_SKIP_NESTED_GIT)
+				return path_none;
+			if (!matches_how)
+				matches_how = dir_match(istate, pathspec,
+							dirname, len);
+			if (!matches_how ||
+			    matches_how == MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC)
 				return path_none;
 			return excluded ? path_excluded : path_untracked;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh b/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh
index 14ddaba2f3..182933471f 100755
--- a/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh
+++ b/t/t7061-wtstatus-ignore.sh
@@ -340,4 +340,9 @@ test_expect_success 'status ignores submodule in excluded directory' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'status omits excluded directory with submodule on prefix match' '
+	git status --porcelain --ignored -u tracke >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty actual
+'
+
 test_done

-- 
2.55.0