Re: Cannot ignore folders containing square-brackets

On 04/09/07, Norbert Unterberg <nunterberg@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/9/4, Adrian Rosca <adrian.rosca@imenda.com>:
> >
> > When commiting, I select "Add to ignore list" on folders containing
> > square-brackets, eg. [Release]. They vanish as usual when an ignore is
> > successful, but reappear when I am commiting next time.
>
> The ignore feature uses regular expresssions, so [Release] ignores
> files with the names R, e, l, a and s. To ignore "[Release]" I guess
> you have to escape the brackets and write \[Release\] as an ignore
> name.

Strictly speaking it uses filename globbing, which is similar but not
identical to to regex. There is a description in the help file - look
for 'globbing' in the index.

Escaping the brackets as Norbert says should fix it.

Simon

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