Wrong comment line (gitignore)

[ghost]

With set: commentchar = ";"

[npostavs]

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore does not say the gitignore files are affected by the commentchar setting. AFAICT, they are not.

[ghost]

You seriously?

[npostavs]

Here's a demo. You can see that even though commentChar is ;, # continues to be the comment syntax for .gitignore.

$ git status
On branch master
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        #strange-file
        ;strange-file

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
$ git config core.commentChar
;
$ echo '#strange-file' >> .gitignore
$ echo ';strange-file' >> .gitignore
$ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   .gitignore

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        #strange-file

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")