commit 1e022131972893d7b4aa0052ffcd882f3052d24b
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Sun May 25 16:22:15 2025 UTC

ignore arbitrary amounts of leading slashes in ignore patterns, not just one

commit - 6ae2855c45508b25adb202d57dd345da8500b7bb
commit + 1e022131972893d7b4aa0052ffcd882f3052d24b
blob - 4e690714aa90a9b5159147f65bf8292f5ed4c327
blob + d089bc9ca0d1abc94a4a52d9c1aaa70f7b02ef28
--- lib/worktree.c
+++ lib/worktree.c
@@ -3817,9 +3817,9 @@ match_path(const char *pattern, size_t pattern_len, co
 	size_t len = pattern_len;
 
 	/*
-	 * For gitignore(7) compatibility, ignore leading slashes
+	 * For gitignore(5) compatibility, ignore leading slashes.
 	 */
-	if (len > 0 && pat[0] == '/') {
+	while (len > 0 && pat[0] == '/') {
 		pat++;
 		len--;
 	}
blob - 5e57f89a8f3c5c4f999f1f0bd918335e63d74fb7
blob + 0874b88152ef2725e3b0e312b01cda5d76c37b91
--- regress/cmdline/status.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/status.sh
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ test_status_gitignore_leading_slashes() {
 	echo "unversioned file" > $testroot/wt/epsilon/nu/baz
 
 	echo "/foo" > $testroot/wt/.gitignore
-	echo "/nu" >> $testroot/wt/.gitignore
+	echo "//////////////////////////nu" >> $testroot/wt/.gitignore
 
 	echo '?  .gitignore' > $testroot/stdout.expected
 	echo '?  epsilon/bar' >> $testroot/stdout.expected