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Case Study: A .gitignore Validator in C++ — 47 Vectors, 3 Rounds, 2 Gaps

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Git's ignore rules look simple until you implement them. In one afternoon I used a free model to write a C++ validator for .gitignore files, and the first version passed 31 of 47 spec vectors. Three rounds later it passed all 47, but a differential test against git check-ignore still found two gaps…

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  1. 2026-08-23 03:46 · DEV Community — AI
    Case Study: A .gitignore Validator in C++ — 47 Vectors, 3 Rounds, 2 Gaps

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