gitignore does not ignore files that match containing folder pattern with certain file names

[kylebez]

• [* ] I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
  2.33.0.windows.2 64-bit

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.33.0.windows.2
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 8735530946cced809cc6cc4c2ca3b078cdb3dfc8
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon

 - Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?
 10, 64-bit

$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1466]

 - What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
   defaults? defaults

One of the following:

type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

Editor Option: Notepad++
Custom Editor Path:
Default Branch Option:
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
Tortoise Option: false
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: ConHost
Git Pull Behavior Option: Merge
Use Credential Manager: Core
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Enabled
Enable Pseudo Console Support: Disabled
Enable FSMonitor: Disabled

• Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
  to the issue you're seeing?

** insert your response here **

Details

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from?

CMD

• What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
  Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
  this will help us understand the issue.

Changed a set of binary files in the repo

• What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

Based on my .gitignore, several files should be ignored, but many are not

• What actually happened instead?

Files are not ignored when named a0000000[1-7].[xxx]. When named with six zeros, or eight zeros, it is ignored properly, or if the last digit is 7-9.

ere is the output of git check-ignore -v -n:

$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable .gitignore:280:Projects/**/*.gdb Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable

$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/a0000001.gdbtable .gitignore:280:Projects/**/*.gdb Projects/Default.gdb/a0000001.gdbtable

$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/a00000001.gdbtable :: Projects/Default.gdb/a00000001.gdbtable
git-bugreport-2022-01-31-0959.txt

[dscho]

Based on my .gitignore, several files should be ignored, but many are not

What contents does your .gitignore have?

[kylebez]

## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.

# User-specific files
*.suo
*.user
*.userosscache
*.sln.docstates

# User-specific files (MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio)
*.userprefs

# Build results
[Dd]ebug/
[Dd]ebugPublic/
[Rr]elease/
[Rr]eleases/
x64/
x86/
bld/
[Bb]in/
[Oo]bj/
[Ll]og/

# Visual Studio 2015 cache/options directory
.vs/
# Uncomment if you have tasks that create the project's static files in wwwroot
#wwwroot/

# MSTest test Results
[Tt]est[Rr]esult*/
[Bb]uild[Ll]og.*

# NUNIT
*.VisualState.xml
TestResult.xml

# Build Results of an ATL Project
[Dd]ebugPS/
[Rr]eleasePS/
dlldata.c

# DNX
project.lock.json
project.fragment.lock.json
artifacts/

*_i.c
*_p.c
*_i.h
*.ilk
*.meta
*.obj
*.pch
*.pdb
*.pgc
*.pgd
*.rsp
*.sbr
*.tlb
*.tli
*.tlh
*.tmp
*.tmp_proj
*.log
*.vspscc
*.vssscc
.builds
*.pidb
*.svclog
*.scc

# Chutzpah Test files
_Chutzpah*

# Visual C++ cache files
ipch/
*.aps
*.ncb
*.opendb
*.opensdf
*.sdf
*.cachefile
*.VC.db
*.VC.VC.opendb

# Visual Studio profiler
*.psess
*.vsp
*.vspx
*.sap

# TFS 2012 Local Workspace
$tf/

# Guidance Automation Toolkit
*.gpState

# ReSharper is a .NET coding add-in
_ReSharper*/
*.[Rr]e[Ss]harper
*.DotSettings.user

# JustCode is a .NET coding add-in
.JustCode

# TeamCity is a build add-in
_TeamCity*

# DotCover is a Code Coverage Tool
*.dotCover

# NCrunch
_NCrunch_*
.*crunch*.local.xml
nCrunchTemp_*

# MightyMoose
*.mm.*
AutoTest.Net/

# Web workbench (sass)
.sass-cache/

# Installshield output folder
[Ee]xpress/

# DocProject is a documentation generator add-in
DocProject/buildhelp/
DocProject/Help/*.HxT
DocProject/Help/*.HxC
DocProject/Help/*.hhc
DocProject/Help/*.hhk
DocProject/Help/*.hhp
DocProject/Help/Html2
DocProject/Help/html

# Click-Once directory
publish/

# Publish Web Output
*.[Pp]ublish.xml
*.azurePubxml
# TODO: Comment the next line if you want to checkin your web deploy settings
# but database connection strings (with potential passwords) will be unencrypted
#*.pubxml
*.publishproj

# Microsoft Azure Web App publish settings. Comment the next line if you want to
# checkin your Azure Web App publish settings, but sensitive information contained
# in these scripts will be unencrypted
PublishScripts/

# NuGet Packages
*.nupkg
# The packages folder can be ignored because of Package Restore
**/packages/*
# except build/, which is used as an MSBuild target.
!**/packages/build/
# Uncomment if necessary however generally it will be regenerated when needed
#!**/packages/repositories.config
# NuGet v3's project.json files produces more ignoreable files
*.nuget.props
*.nuget.targets

# Microsoft Azure Build Output
csx/
*.build.csdef

# Microsoft Azure Emulator
ecf/
rcf/

# Windows Store app package directories and files
AppPackages/
BundleArtifacts/
Package.StoreAssociation.xml
_pkginfo.txt

# Visual Studio cache files
# files ending in .cache can be ignored
*.[Cc]ache
# but keep track of directories ending in .cache
!*.[Cc]ache/

# Others
ClientBin/
~$*
*~
*.dbmdl
*.dbproj.schemaview
*.jfm
*.pfx
*.publishsettings
node_modules/
orleans.codegen.cs

# Since there are multiple workflows, uncomment next line to ignore bower_components
# (https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/1529#issuecomment-104372622)
#bower_components/

# RIA/Silverlight projects
Generated_Code/

# Backup & report files from converting an old project file
# to a newer Visual Studio version. Backup files are not needed,
# because we have git ;-)
_UpgradeReport_Files/
Backup*/
UpgradeLog*.XML
UpgradeLog*.htm

# SQL Server files
*.mdf
*.ldf

# Business Intelligence projects
*.rdl.data
*.bim.layout
*.bim_*.settings

# Microsoft Fakes
FakesAssemblies/

# GhostDoc plugin setting file
*.GhostDoc.xml

# Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
.ntvs_analysis.dat

# Visual Studio 6 build log
*.plg

# Visual Studio 6 workspace options file
*.opt

# Visual Studio LightSwitch build output
**/*.HTMLClient/GeneratedArtifacts
**/*.DesktopClient/GeneratedArtifacts
**/*.DesktopClient/ModelManifest.xml
**/*.Server/GeneratedArtifacts
**/*.Server/ModelManifest.xml
_Pvt_Extensions

# Paket dependency manager
.paket/paket.exe
paket-files/

# FAKE - F# Make
.fake/

# JetBrains Rider
.idea/
*.sln.iml

# CodeRush
.cr/

# Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS)
__pycache__/
*.pyc

# VS Code folder
.vscode/

#Ignore arcgis pro index,import, and gdb files
Services/.pyHistory
Services/**/Index/
Services/**/ImportLog/
Services/**/.pyhistory
Services/**/scratch
Services/**/*.gdb
Services/**/*.tbx
Services/**/*.itemindex
Services/**/.backups

Projects/**/Index
Projects/**/scratch
Projects/**/.pyHistory
Projects/**/*.gdb
Projects/**/ImportLog
Projects/**/.backups
Projects/**/.ipynb_checkpoints
Projects/**/*.tbx
Projects/**/*.itemindex

[dscho]

Okay, and which one these rules, exactly, is supposed to ask Git to ignore "a0000000[1-7].[xxx]"?

[kylebez]

I put the output of the git check-ignore -v -n in the original post:

$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable
 .gitignore:280:Projects/**/*.gdb                  Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable

$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/a0000001.gdbtable 
.gitignore:280:Projects/**/*.gdb                   Projects/Default.gdb/a0000001.gdbtable

$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/a00000001.gdbtable 
 ::             Projects/Default.gdb/a00000001.gdbtable

As you can see, I want every file in Projects/**/*.gdb to be ignored, but it is not ignoring the contents when the file name is
a00000001.gdbtable (seven zeros), but acts fine if there are six zeros or eight zeros. I have no control over these file names, it is proprietary to ArcGIS software.
The software creates files with this name with the last digit 1-9 respectively, and this behavior does not exist for the digits 7-9. I'm wondering if the number of zeroes in the file name is causing strange parsing behavior?

[dscho]

Does it ignore the files correctly if you (temporarily!) remove all other rules from your .gitignore file?

[kylebez]

Good suggestion, but unfortunately, that did not affect anything.

[dscho]

I want every file in Projects/**/*.gdb to be ignored, but it is not ignoring the contents when the file name is
a00000001.gdbtable

Why not add a Projects/**/*.gdbtable rule?

[PhilipOakley]

Is this an anti-pattern problem, in that, if I understand the rules (and the example) correctly, then none of the example files should match the pattern as stated?

i.e. the underlying issue is (always assuming my understanding..) the opposite of that stated. The filename length issue being a secondary problem.

The example shows file Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable is being ignored (git check-ignore) by matching pattern Projects/**/*.gdb, i.e the Projects/Default.gdb directory is matched, but is that sufficient.

I'm under the impression that there would need a trailing / to add the files under the *.gdb directory, though it is too easy to be wrong about the glob pattern matching ... The documentation is clear that the trailing / is needed to specifically exclude a directory, but there are no example of this opposite case.

Hopefully that will help @kylebez create a simple test case (MVCE)

[PhilipOakley]

Try updating to the latest release in case there are other less obvious fixes that affected this.

Also check that you don't have any non-ASCII characters (just to be sure)

[nana2three]

i need your help, i have no clue what im doing help help

[kylebez]

Is this an anti-pattern problem, in that, if I understand the rules (and the example) correctly, then none of the example files should match the pattern as stated?

i.e. the underlying issue is (always assuming my understanding..) the opposite of that stated. The filename length issue being a secondary problem.

The example shows file Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable is being ignored (git check-ignore) by matching pattern Projects/**/*.gdb, i.e the Projects/Default.gdb directory is matched, but is that sufficient.

I'm under the impression that there would need a trailing / to add the files under the *.gdb directory, though it is too easy to be wrong about the glob pattern matching ... The documentation is clear that the trailing / is needed to specifically exclude a directory, but there are no example of this opposite case.

Hopefully that will help @kylebez create a simple test case (MVCE)

A trailing slash did not solve any problems unfortunately (and it turns out in other directories I didn't even need the trailing slash to ignore its contents).

[PhilipOakley]

directories didn't even need the trailing slash to ignore its contents

Agreed - I had to double check to see why. It's not obvious from the documentation.

I tried creating a scratch repo and couldn't reproduce the error with the latest version. Here's the extracts of the commands to repeat.

$ git version
git version 2.35.1.windows.2
$ git init pattern
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/git-sdk-64/usr/src/pattern/.git/
$ cd pattern
$ echo 'Projects/**/*.gdb' >.gitignore
$ git add .gitignore
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in .gitignore.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
$ git commit -m'.gitignore'
[main (root-commit) 090c5c7] .gitignore
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
$ mkdir -p Projects/Default.gdb
$ cd Projects/Default.gdb/
$ echo 'test 8 zero' >a000000001.gdbtable
$ echo 'test 7 zero' >a00000001.gdbtable
$ echo 'test 6 zero' >a0000001.gdbtable
$ git status
On branch main
nothing to commit, working tree clean
$ git check-ignore -v -n *
.gitignore:1:Projects/**/*.gdb  a000000001.gdbtable
.gitignore:1:Projects/**/*.gdb  a00000001.gdbtable
.gitignore:1:Projects/**/*.gdb  a0000001.gdbtable
$ cd ../..
$ git check-ignore -v -n Projects/Default.gdb/*
.gitignore:1:Projects/**/*.gdb  Projects/Default.gdb/a000000001.gdbtable
.gitignore:1:Projects/**/*.gdb  Projects/Default.gdb/a00000001.gdbtable
.gitignore:1:Projects/**/*.gdb  Projects/Default.gdb/a0000001.gdbtable

Does it repeat for you if you create the same repo and if you copy across your failing files?

How to create a Minimal, Reproducible Example MVCE

[dscho]

Closing as stale.