From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 566B61F97E for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:37:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727850AbeJKSDv (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:03:51 -0400 Received: from mail-io1-f50.google.com ([209.85.166.50]:33844 "EHLO mail-io1-f50.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726656AbeJKSDv (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:03:51 -0400 Received: by mail-io1-f50.google.com with SMTP id w2-v6so6208242ioc.1 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 03:37:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dana-is.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=uTjo8c01jxuf8S6wo3IZsfGuQQtaAVWSHCw+TvrhzqQ=; b=V+nZd90UUdwlWokNYtmRrL8VvZtOBrRsVEjYIWmzK43oD0I4rJuFSS84xBRHn1tb4l IXrZElZi3iQqp042sDEvIeDfgOvUsHs3J12Gt/ZGdyS01QQ4Ah7vTjEjej2Rf8HAqCA0 hRSZGoZ+n9oU2kKSPKGBSTQKL/Z0qt73A/Yg5XSrvUiAKN60hzuj6YeEdp7rZYiPgvo2 tMg3d14idCtroXB6uGufE6MXc2qzRKwefYIGxQ/Ip8ddFgAmOjO7ffbos30E5SOW7s/9 0qREihbTxB3VTHsxu5c/m2yNftVaVWrnfCbJjXUlAJwsInTA10q17T3iW0alXpgTQ2+j wJ7Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=uTjo8c01jxuf8S6wo3IZsfGuQQtaAVWSHCw+TvrhzqQ=; b=oH09vgIAIW1xqs6LQJ2bCRxBN+3usZfcoQeTpiAErzKlEFpWZyjf8DiACoRjTup4v1 tABo1Dn8J0xvgxaATQB3VKPY0DAs6eIjOn4kKHeiPTi5TlZJ4d8kEQgVPjIvvJpRaRSV piJgHyf/GCQM+LLNwlWwouaeSnyWLs5cw74HmSiz9wHBE+d4Lbbdrw4uOVRuCDYA5OVe zb4m7iyjKlI4QwNpy/rSBkiUe3GYEV5+ksweE3GrEVG34po1uM8uWhUkpyBHCbVLjDsq sXLlqDeffA//60ghbGPEmvr8zGfueRCRXKCnl3mUwuPp22JFB2xzpCeJMUoxH/LUc9Cf ZV/w== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfojik0eztrVI65ei914xwxmotNQGCu0xh/BQbQ/I9fOZIamN4Bk0 WhiRN3q6oQAV4Onb2Bzt3/1JMX0eelY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV60uA2+LDEbnVMJ2yfJxf0Xhm+e7qJ7Bjk4/kd9+RpbqkQGhfNFpUSVpYVsuGaFOrUo1xAR0HQ== X-Received: by 2002:a6b:ee0e:: with SMTP id i14-v6mr637052ioh.69.1539254231134; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 03:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heartswap.lan.dana.is (173-21-17-19.client.mchsi.com. [173.21.17.19]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x7-v6sm8393579ioh.2.2018.10.11.03.37.10 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 11 Oct 2018 03:37:10 -0700 (PDT) From: dana Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.4 \(3445.8.2\)) Subject: Re: [BUG] gitignore documentation inconsistent with actual behaviour Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 05:37:10 -0500 References: To: git@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.8.2) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 11 Oct 2018, at 05:19, dana wrote: >git itself happily accepts these patterns, however, apparently treating = the ** >like a single * without fnmatch(3)'s FNM_PATHNAME flag set (in other = words, it >matches / as a regular character, thus crossing directory boundaries). Sorry for replying to myself so quickly, but i think this bit is wrong. = It seems like it actually just treats ** in this sort of pattern like a regular * = =E2=80=94 but i haven't studied the source very closely, so maybe that's not the full = story either, i'm not sure. dana