# Issues with gitattributes pattern matching

1 messages from 2018-12-12 to 2018-12-12. Participants: Sebastian Schuberth.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/50015

## Sebastian Schuberth, 2018-12-12 08:23

Subject: Issues with gitattributes pattern matching
Message-ID: <puqgen$t0m$1@blaine.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/puqgen%24t0m%241%40blaine.gmane.org

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Hi,

after reading though [1] and [2] again, I believe a pattern in 
.gitattributes like

     */src/*/assets/**/*-expected-* text eol=lf

should match a committed file at

     reporter/src/funTest/assets/NPM-is-windows-1.0.2-expected-NOTICE

In other words, "**" should be able to match "nothing", but it doesn't 
seem to do in my case.

To cross-check, assuming that ls-files supports the same patterns, running

     git ls-files "*/src/*/assets/**/*-expected-*"

indeed does not list the committed file at

     reporter/src/funTest/assets/NPM-is-windows-1.0.2-expected-NOTICE

for me. Tested with Git 2.20 on Windows and Git 2.19.2 on Linux. Is it a 
documentation error or a bug in Git?

[1] https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes
[2] https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format

-- 
Sebastian Schuberth


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