Fix handling of "#*#" ignores for git and hg.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/update-ignore.d/01update-ignore b/update-ignore.d/01update-ignore
index 3d9cd79..cf25ee7 100755
--- a/update-ignore.d/01update-ignore
+++ b/update-ignore.d/01update-ignore
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ ignore() {
 	glob="$1"
 	
 	case "$VCS" in
-		git|bzr)
+		git)
+			# escape "#" in ignores, as otherwise it may
+			# be considered a comment
+			echo "$glob" | sed 's/#/\\#/g' >>"$file"
+		;;
+		bzr)
 			echo "$glob" >>"$file"
 		;;
 		hg)
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ ignore() {
 				nl
 				hg_syntax_printed=1
 			fi
-			echo "$glob" >>"$file"
+			echo "$glob" | sed 's/#/\\#/g' >>"$file"
 		;;
 		darcs)
 			# darcs doesn't understand globs, so we need to