Re: How to find out which gitignore blocks my git-add

From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 7, 2009, 01:33 UTC
Message-ID: <slrngopp7n.his.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090206193359.GF19494@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On 2009-02-06, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 10:38:45AM +0100, Gonzo wrote:
>> Is there an easy way to find out which line in which gitignore file  
>> blocks this add?
>
> No, I don't think so.
>
>> Would this be a viable addition to "git add -v"?
>
> I think it might be useful to be able to get this information. However,
> rather than coupling it with "git add", it might make more sense to have
> a separate way to query "is this being ignored, and if so, by what
> pattern". Then you could use that tool to generally debug your
> .gitignore patterns.

maybe GIT_TRACE could print that as well, in some way?