From f8a08c8a55efbaecc8a99bf39b63d85b3d89170d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shulhan <ms@kilabit.info>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:54:41 +0700
Subject: lib/git: handle pattern "**/foo/**"

The "**/foo/**" means accept any files as long as there is foo directory
in the middle.
---
 lib/git/ignore_pattern.go      |  9 ++++++---
 lib/git/ignore_pattern_test.go | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/git')

diff --git a/lib/git/ignore_pattern.go b/lib/git/ignore_pattern.go
index 37fc7035..6097d46d 100644
--- a/lib/git/ignore_pattern.go
+++ b/lib/git/ignore_pattern.go
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ func ParseIgnorePattern(line []byte) (ign IgnorePattern) {
 		line = line[:len(line)-1]
 	}
 
+	var sepIdx int
+
 	// The "**/foo" pattern is equal to "foo", so we can remove the "**/".
 	for bytes.HasPrefix(line, []byte("**/")) {
+		sepIdx = -1 // Flag it as zero or more directory before.
 		line = line[3:]
 	}
 	if len(line) == 0 {
@@ -57,9 +60,9 @@ func ParseIgnorePattern(line []byte) (ign IgnorePattern) {
 		return ign
 	}
 
-	// Get the index of directory separator, before we replace it some
-	// special characters with regex.
-	var sepIdx = bytes.LastIndexByte(line, '/')
+	if sepIdx == 0 {
+		sepIdx = bytes.LastIndexByte(line, '/')
+	}
 
 	var RE_EVERYTHING_INSIDE = []byte(`/(.*)`)
 	var RE_FILE_OR_DIR = []byte(`/?$`)
diff --git a/lib/git/ignore_pattern_test.go b/lib/git/ignore_pattern_test.go
index c90620ba..54c4e9e9 100644
--- a/lib/git/ignore_pattern_test.go
+++ b/lib/git/ignore_pattern_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ func TestParseIgnorePattern(t *testing.T) {
 		exp: IgnorePattern{
 			pattern: regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*/|/)?[^/]*foo/?$`),
 		},
+	}, {
+		pattern: `**/foo/**`,
+		exp: IgnorePattern{
+			pattern: regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*/|/)?foo/(.*)/?$`),
+		},
+	}, {
+		pattern: `foo/**`,
+		exp: IgnorePattern{
+			pattern: regexp.MustCompile(`^/?foo/(.*)/?$`),
+		},
 	}, {
 		pattern: `foo`,
 		exp: IgnorePattern{
-- 
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