Subject: Re: Bug in .gitignore handling

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:49:14 -0700

Tommy Thorn <[email-masked]> writes:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Tommy Thorn wrote:
> ...
>> Use "/foo" and it should be ok.
>>
>> Basically, a path with a slash in it is considered absolute, but if
>> the slash is at the end it will only match a directory. A slash at
>> the *beginning* will match the root of the git repository, though.
>
> D'oh, of course that works. I double check the documentation and it
> actually isn't obvious that that is allowed, so I propose this patch.
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> index e847b3b..941a8a4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Patterns have the following format:
>    included again.  If a negated pattern matches, this will
>    override lower precedence patterns sources.
>
> + - If the pattern begins with a slash '/', the pattern will only
> +   match in the current directory.
> +

Did you fully read the existing description and Linus's resopnse?

The above is just a special case of a pattern that contains a slash '/'
(iow, that falls into "Otherwise" rule that follows "If the pattern does
not contain a slash '/'").