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From:   Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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Subject: Re: git bug
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On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 10:23:54PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:

> So "file" is no longer ignored.  Committing the .gitignore change
> doesn't change that:
> 
>   $ git add .gitignore
>   $ git commit -m 2nd
>   [master d4c95a1] 2nd
>    1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>   $ git status
>   On branch master
>   Untracked files:
>     (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
>   	file
> 
>   nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
> 
> Which steps did you take to arrive at a different result?

Perhaps also:

  git check-ignore -v file

would be helpful for seeing why Git thinks it might be ignored (e.g.,
another wildcard rule that happens to match it).

-Peff