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Q: .gitattributes export-ignore bug

Subject: Q: .gitattributes export-ignore bug

## tl;dr

One message between Feb 12, 2009 and Feb 12, 2009.

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Dmitry V. Levin· Feb 12, 2009, 15:37 UTC · lore

Hi,

$ mkdir git && cd git && git init -q && mkdir dir && echo .gitattributes export-ignore >dir/.gitattributes && git add dir/.gitattributes && git commit -q -m 1st $ git archive --format=tar HEAD |tar tf - dir/ $ git archive --format=tar HEAD:dir |tar tf - .gitattributes

A bug?

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