On 15/04/29, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
>
> > On 15/04/29, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > > next question -- a pattern will apply to *any* file type (file or
> > > directory), unless suffixed with a slash, whereupon it will apply only
> > > to a directory, yes? this would appear to be the case since the kernel
> > > .gitignore contains the following lines:
> > >
> > > /vmlinux
> > > /System.map
> > > ...
> > > /debian/
> > > /tar-install/
> >
> > I assume the "/" prefix anchors it in the root of the git tree...
>
> well, that was one of the confusing bits as i mentioned earlier ...
> what does it mean if it shows up in a lower-level .gitignore. the man
> page states thusly:
>
> A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example,
> "/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
>
> but if it's in a subdirectory, does it mean the pathname relative to
> that subdirectory? the man page doesn't make that clear.
I would have assumed relative to the subdirectory, so the arch example you
presented earlier, both would match.
> rday
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