Subject: Re: Feature Request: gitignore recursion

From: Karsten Blees <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:59:13 +0200

> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 5:23 AM, AJ <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> I'm hoping to get the following feature implemented into git.
>>
>> Add the ability to recursively include using:
>> !/my_dir/**/*
> 
> 
> You can do that since v1.8.2. Actually the pattern should be
> 
> !/my_dir/**
> 

Another solution to include just one specific directory:

  /*
  !/wp-content
  /wp-content/*
  !/wp-content/themes

Note the "/*", instead of "*" which matches everything everywhere.

> Checkout gitignore man page for more information.
> 

The compiled version reads like this:

"A trailing "/" matches everything inside. For example, "abc/" matches all files inside directory "abc"..."

--- 8< ---
Subject: [PATCH] gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns

"**" means bold in ASCIIDOC, so we need to escape it.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/gitignore.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 54e334e..f971960 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
 
  - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
    directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
-   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "`**/foo/bar`"
    matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
    under directory "`foo`".
 
- - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
-   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+ - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "`abc`", relative
    to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
 
  - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash
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