ignore: add test and adjust style and comment for dir with wildmatch

The previous commit left the comment referencing the earlier state of
the code, change it to explain the current logic. While here, change the
logic to avoid repeating the copy of the base pattern.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/status/ignore.c b/tests/status/ignore.c
index ba1d69a99..bbf8f4911 100644
--- a/tests/status/ignore.c
+++ b/tests/status/ignore.c
@@ -1022,3 +1022,20 @@ void test_status_ignore__negate_exact_previous(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_ignore_path_is_ignored(&ignored, g_repo, ".buildpath"));
 	cl_assert_equal_i(1, ignored);
 }
+
+void test_status_ignore__negate_starstar(void)
+{
+    int ignored;
+
+    g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("empty_standard_repo");
+
+    cl_git_mkfile("empty_standard_repo/.gitignore",
+              "code/projects/**/packages/*\n"
+              "!code/projects/**/packages/repositories.config");
+
+    cl_git_pass(git_futils_mkdir_r("code/projects/foo/bar/packages", "empty_standard_repo", 0777));
+    cl_git_mkfile("empty_standard_repo/code/projects/foo/bar/packages/repositories.config", "");
+
+    cl_git_pass(git_ignore_path_is_ignored(&ignored, g_repo, "code/projects/foo/bar/packages/repositories.config"));
+    cl_assert_equal_i(0, ignored);
+}