p.s. Git Version - 1.8.1.1, Platform - Ubuntu 12.04 On Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:47:38 UTC, Alex Lewis wrote: > > Hi, > I'm probably missing something key but here's what I'm seeing and maybe > someone can either tell me if something strange is happening or it's the > correct behaviour... > > Thanks in advance! > > *Setup* > .gitignore > - target*/ > > *Commands* > git init temp > cd temp > mkdir -p src/java > touch src/java/temp.java > mkdir target > git status --ignored > *...at this point src/ is in the untracked list, target/ is in the > ignored list - as I'd expect...* > mkdir -p blah/target/stuff > touch blah/target/stuff/temp.txt > git status --ignored > *...the output is identical to the previous status, there is no mention > of the blah directory - I'd expect to see some combination of untracked and > ignored files E.g. in this case just blah/target as ignored.* > touch blah/blah.txt > git status --ignored > *...the output now shows blah/ as untracked but still not mention of the > blah/target directory, subdirectory or files.* > git add blah > git status --ignored > *...only now does blah/target appear as ignored...* > mkdir -p src/java/com/domain/target > touch src/java/com/domain/target/TargetDummy.java > git status --ignored > *...no mention of the target/ directory under src/...* > git add src/ > git status --ignored > *...now shows the src/java/temp.java created earlier as staged but still > makes no reference to src/java/com/domain/target or the TargetDummy.java > file in the ignore or staged files.* > > So am I expecting too much from "git status --ignored"? Does the current > behaviour not make it a bit too easy to miss a file from version control? > If this is the correct behaviour is there any way of achieving what I've > expected? > > Cheers, > Alex >
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