grep "^a.1" output
'
+test_expect_success 'subdirectory ignore (setup)' '
+ mkdir -p top/l1/l2 &&
+ (
+ cd top &&
+ git init &&
+ echo /.gitignore >.gitignore &&
+ echo l1 >>.gitignore &&
+ echo l2 >l1/.gitignore &&
+ >l1/l2/l1
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'subdirectory ignore (toplevel)' '
+ (
+ cd top &&
+ git ls-files -o --exclude-standard
+ ) >actual &&
+ >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'subdirectory ignore (l1/l2)' '
+ (
+ cd top/l1/l2 &&
+ git ls-files -o --exclude-standard
+ ) >actual &&
+ >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'subdirectory ignore (l1)' '
+ (
+ cd top/l1 &&
+ git ls-files -o --exclude-standard
+ ) >actual &&
+ >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done