Support .gitattributes export-ignore in distribution archives#515
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Support .gitattributes export-ignore in distribution archives#515jberdine wants to merge 2 commits intotarides:mainfrom
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Parse .gitattributes files and exclude paths marked with the export-ignore
attribute from distribution tarballs. This is the mechanism used by
git-archive to exclude files, allowing projects to exclude dev-only files
like dune-workspace from releases.
Supported patterns:
- Exact matches: dune-workspace
- Directory patterns: .github/**
- Glob patterns: *.log, test_*, file?.txt
- Double star: **/build, src/**/test.ml
Paths are normalized before matching (handles ./ and ../).
Not supported:
- Escaped patterns (\\! for literal \!)
- Quoted patterns ("a b" for patterns with spaces)
- Case insensitivity (core.ignorecase)
- Negation patterns (\!pattern)
- Subdirectory .gitattributes files
Testing:
- Unit tests comparing behavior against git check-attr
- Tests cover pattern matching and parsing edge cases
- .gitattributes content is generated from test cases to ensure sync
- Archive integration test verifies end-to-end exclusion without requiring git
Signed-off-by: Josh Berdine <josh@berdine.net>
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Parse .gitattributes files and exclude paths marked with the export-ignore
attribute from distribution tarballs. This is the mechanism used by
git-archive to exclude files, allowing projects to exclude dev-only files
like dune-workspace from releases.
Supported patterns:
Paths are normalized before matching (handles ./ and ../).
Not supported:
Testing:
Signed-off-by: Josh Berdine josh@berdine.net