.gitignore does not understand my folder wildcard on windows
git, gitignore, msysgit, windows
Solution
Since git 1.8.2 (March, 8th 2013), the `**` is now supported:
The patterns in `.gitignore` and `.gitattributes` files can have `**/`, as a pattern that matches 0 or more levels of subdirectory.
E.g. "`foo/**/bar`" matches "`bar`" in "`foo`" itself or in a subdirectory of "`foo`".
In your case, that means this line might now be supported:
!/Dependencies/**/*.exe
Problem
I'm encountering a weird issue with `.gitignore` on Windows. I want git to ignore all `.exe` files, except those in the `Dependencies` folder (and all subfolders). So I have: `.gitignore`: ``` *.exe !/Dependencies/**/*.exe ``` This, unfortunately, does not work. Meanwhile, this does: ``` *.exe !/Dependencies/folder/subfolder/*.exe ``` So I'm wondering, am I messing something up, or is this some kind of bug? I'm running msysgit on Windows (Windows 7 x64) version 1.6.5.1-preview20091022 Thanks in advance for any input :)