IDE (PhpStorm) does not recognize path started by dot in gitignore file

[m00nk]

If I use < somedir >/< file > in .gitignore, IDE ignores that file.
But if I use ./< file > format, IDE does not see that line.

[hsz]

@m00nk Thank you for your bug report, but git's ignore rules does not allow relative paths (for example you cannot ignore something in upper directory ../foo.txt).

Quick example:

cat .gitignore

*.iml
.idea
./foo.tex

git check-ignore -v *

.gitignore:1:*.iml  Hello.iml

After removing relative path ./:

cat .gitignore

*.iml
.idea
./foo.tex

git check-ignore -v *

.gitignore:4:foo.tex    foo.tex
.gitignore:1:*.iml  Hello.iml

As you can see - relative paths are not taken into account.

[hsz]

With the latest commit 233dc51 I've pushed a new inspection tool that marks relative entries and suggest to fix them.

As described above, relative paths are invalid for pure gitignore rules. Example of invalid entries and their quick fixes made by QuickFix tool (Just press Alt + Enter when you're in proper entry line).

foo/./bar      >    foo/bar
foo/../bar     >    bar
/../bar        >    bar
./foobar       >    foobar

It will be released with the next update soon.