prettier / prettier/prettier-cli

Ignore all pattern no longer works in prettierignore

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Description

Our .prettierignore previously looked like this:

*
!*.less
!*.js
!*.jsx
!*.ts
!*.tsx
!*.json5

With --experimental-cli, even prefixing each of those with **/, unwanted files (e.g. markdown) are still being formatted.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the shown .prettierignore patterns and --experimental-cli, including the **/ variants. Trace how the CLI handles ignore patterns, then verify that markdown remains ignored while the listed Less, JavaScript, JSX, TypeScript, TSX, and JSON5 files are formatted.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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