1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 133f472a1e..b2dfb69eb5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ int add_excludes_from_file_to_list(const char *fname,
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	int fd, i;
-	size_t size;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	char *buf, *entry;
 
 	fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
 
 			if (x->flags & EXC_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR) {
 				if (!dtype) {
-					if (!prefixcmp(pathname, exclude))
+					if (!prefixcmp(pathname, exclude) &&
+					    pathname[x->patternlen] == '/')
 						return to_exclude;
 					else
 						continue;