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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 8985c5c25b..d181d98b0e 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -255,9 +255,11 @@ static struct match_attr *parse_attr_line(const char *line, const char *src,
&res->u.pat.patternlen,
&res->u.pat.flags,
&res->u.pat.nowildcardlen);
- if (res->u.pat.flags & EXC_FLAG_NEGATIVE)
- die(_("Negative patterns are forbidden in git attributes\n"
- "Use '\\!' for literal leading exclamation."));
+ if (res->u.pat.flags & EXC_FLAG_NEGATIVE) {
+ warning(_("Negative patterns are ignored in git attributes\n"
+ "Use '\\!' for literal leading exclamation."));
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
res->is_macro = is_macro;
res->num_attr = num_attr;