From 1df092d211868b3b74f5b3981fad9b195a0bedad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:53:29 -0700
Subject: Documentation and tests: ls-files exclude pattern.

Update the tests and documentation to match the new "last one
determines its fate" semantics.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 7ac6c7d..d207219 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ An exclude pattern file used by (2) and (3) contains one pattern
 per line.  A line that starts with a '#' can be used as comment
 for readability.
 
-The list of patterns that is in effect at a given time is
-built and ordered in the following way:
+There are three lists of patterns that are in effect at a given
+time.  They are built and ordered in the following way:
 
- * --exclude=<pattern> and lines read from --exclude-from=<file>
-   come at the beginning of the list of patterns, in the order
-   given on the command line.  Patterns that come from the file
-   specified with --exclude-from are ordered in the same order
-   as they appear in the file.
+ * --exclude=<pattern> from the command line; patterns are
+   ordered in the same order as they appear on the command line.
+
+ * lines read from --exclude-from=<file>; patterns are ordered
+   in the same order as they appear in the file.
 
  * When --exclude-per-directory=<name> is specified, upon
    entering a directory that has such a file, its contents are
@@ -130,11 +130,12 @@ built and ordered in the following way:
    are popped off when leaving the directory.
 
 Each pattern in the pattern list specifies "a match pattern" and
-optionally the fate --- either a file that matches the pattern
-is considered excluded or included.  By default, this being
-"exclude" mechanism, the fate is "excluded".  A filename is
-examined against the patterns in the list, and the first match
-determines its fate.
+optionally the fate;n either a file that matches the pattern is
+considered excluded or included.  A filename is matched against
+the patterns in the three lists; the --exclude-from list is
+checked first, then the --exclude-per-directory list, and then
+finally the --exclude list. The last match determines its fate.
+If there is no match in the three lists, the fate is "included".
 
 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
@@ -168,9 +169,9 @@ An example:
     *.[oa]
     $ cat Documentation/.gitignore
     # ignore generated html files,
+    *.html
     # except foo.html which is maintained by hand
     !foo.html
-    *.html
     $ git-ls-files --ignored \
         --exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \
         --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
diff --git a/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh b/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
index 4b9380f..dbff346 100755
--- a/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
+++ b/t/t3001-ls-files-others-exclude.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rm -fr one three
 for dir in . one one/two three
 do
   mkdir -p $dir &&
-  for i in 1 2 3 4 5
+  for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
   do
     >$dir/a.$i
   done
@@ -24,31 +24,44 @@ cat >expect <<EOF
 a.2
 a.4
 a.5
+a.8
 one/a.3
 one/a.4
 one/a.5
+one/a.7
+one/two/a.2
 one/two/a.3
 one/two/a.5
+one/two/a.7
+one/two/a.8
 three/a.2
 three/a.3
 three/a.4
 three/a.5
+three/a.8
 EOF
 
 echo '.gitignore
 output
 expect
 .gitignore
-' >.git/ignore
+*.7
+!*.8' >.git/ignore
 
 echo '*.1
-/*.3' >.gitignore
+/*.3
+!*.6' >.gitignore
 echo '*.2
-two/*.4' >one/.gitignore
+two/*.4
+!*.7
+*.8' >one/.gitignore
+echo '!*.2
+!*.8' >one/two/.gitignore
 
 test_expect_success \
-    'git-ls-files --others --exclude.' \
+    'git-ls-files --others with various exclude options.' \
     'git-ls-files --others \
+       --exclude=\*.6 \
        --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore \
        --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
        >output &&
-- 
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