--git-ignore doesn't hide Git ignored files

[kosciak9]

Arch Linux with Linux 5.0.4-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 23 20:59:30 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux

exa-git v.1142-1 and exa v0.8.0-3 - neither works

expected result: --git-ignore hides files from repository
currently: it doesn't :(

[alexilyaev]

Please add more information on your folder structure and contents of .gitignore.
For me --git-ignore does work but has some inconsistencies between how git interprets it and how exa does.

[kosciak9]

Hey, I believe that was the most basic one, ignoring node_modules but I will check today.

[phanimahesh]

Example: An entry foo in .gitignore is interpreted as the file or folder foo at top level or in any subfolder, but exa only ignores the top level dir.

Also see #569

[ospalh]

I hav a rather long ~/.gitignore_global, that i use via ~/.gitconig

[core]
  excludesfile = /home/NN/.gitignore_global

That is used by git and possibly not by exa.

For example, i ignore *~ only in that file, and files like foo.xy~ show up when i do exa -l --git --git-ignore, with a correct -I git marking.

[ariasuni]

This was fixed in #653 (I just tested your setup), there just hasn’t been a new release made since then.

[ChristophP]

@ariasuni Thx , the fix is great. I compiled from source for now. Hopefully there'll be a release soon