rust-lang / rust-lang/git2-rs

conflict gitignore entries issue

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Description

For example, .gitignore contains:

temp.txt
!abc/**

Then we have abc/temp.txt, in git status it will show clean, while git2 will show it as Untracked files abc/temp.txt.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the .gitignore example with temp.txt, !abc/**, and abc/temp.txt, then compare git status with git2's untracked-file result. Done means git2 handles this ignore conflict consistently with git status.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, rust
Domain
tooling
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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