# gitignore patterns 3 messages from 2008-09-09 to 2008-09-09. Participants: Randy.Dunlap, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15465 ## Randy.Dunlap, 2008-09-09 22:23 Subject: gitignore patterns Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0809091521120.15561%40shark.he.net ``` Hi, In the kernel tree, I see 2 .gitignore files that use "+pattern": ./arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore:+mach ./arch/blackfin/boot/.gitignore:+vmImage However, I can't find anything about '+' on the gitignore(5) man page at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html . Does the '+' mean something special or is it just a character in the filename/dir pattern? Thanks, -- ~Randy ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-09-09 23:25 Subject: Re: gitignore patterns Message-ID: <7vprnc3nr7.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vprnc3nr7.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: ``` "Randy.Dunlap" writes: > In the kernel tree, I see 2 .gitignore files that use "+pattern": > > ./arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore:+mach > ./arch/blackfin/boot/.gitignore:+vmImage > > However, I can't find anything about '+' on the gitignore(5) man page > at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html . > > Does the '+' mean something special or is it just a character in the > filename/dir pattern? AFAIR, this should be just a shell glob fnmatch(3) understands, so perhaps their build procedure leaves temporary droppings in a file whose filename is prefixed with './+'? ``` ## Randy.Dunlap, 2008-09-09 23:28 Subject: Re: gitignore patterns Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0809091627550.15561%40shark.he.net In-Reply-To: <7vprnc3nr7.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Randy.Dunlap" writes: > > > In the kernel tree, I see 2 .gitignore files that use "+pattern": > > > > ./arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore:+mach > > ./arch/blackfin/boot/.gitignore:+vmImage > > > > However, I can't find anything about '+' on the gitignore(5) man page > > at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html . > > > > Does the '+' mean something special or is it just a character in the > > filename/dir pattern? > > AFAIR, this should be just a shell glob fnmatch(3) understands, so perhaps > their build procedure leaves temporary droppings in a file whose filename > is prefixed with './+'? OK, I'll ask the blackfin developers/maintainers about it. Thanks. -- ~Randy ```