# .gitignore negates by mask problem

1 messages from 2019-03-15 to 2019-03-15. Participants: Maxim some.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/50750

## Maxim some, 2019-03-15 16:27

Subject: .gitignore negates by mask problem
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Problem:
Not possible to setup exclusion with /**/ mask and names with "dot"

Directory structure:
conf/
conf/server.conf
conf/server.conf.default
conf/etc/
conf/etc/php.ini
conf/etc/php.ini.default
conf/etc/init.d/
conf/etc/init.d/fail2ban
conf/etc/init.d/fail2ban.default
controls/
controls/on_server_start

Require:
1. track all files in all directories except conf/
2. inside conf/ directory require track only *.default files


My tries of .gitignore:
1.
/conf/**/*
!/conf/**/*.default

result: 
git check-ignore -v --no-index conf/etc/init.d/fail2ban.default
.gitignore:1:/conf/**/* conf/etc/init.d/fail2ban.default


2.
/conf/**/*.
!/conf/**/*.default

result: 
git check-ignore -v --no-index conf/etc/init.d/fail2ban.default
.gitignore:2:!/conf/**/*.default        conf/etc/init.d/fail2ban.default

but
git check-ignore -v --no-index conf/server.conf
(empty)


Tested on Git v2.18.0(linux) and v2.20.1(windows)
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Maxim
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