rake/file_list: support all gitignore rule patterns
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Description
Hello,
It'd be super nice to have file_list support all the .gitignore rule patterns! :)
cf: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format
For instance, using ! and other things.
Could we have this added, please?
CC: @hsbt
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Research direction
Start with Rake's file_list implementation and compare its current matching behavior with the Git pattern format linked in the issue, including ! rules. Done means file_list supports all documented .gitignore rule patterns; the issue does not name any tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, ruby
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100