Claude Code's Bash grep returns fewer results in allowlist-style .gitignore repositories when the repository root is passed as an absolute path—Measuring ugrep behavior …

The grep command in Claude Code's Bash tool, when used in a repository with an allowlist-style .gitignore, fails to include ...

.gitignore does not stop tracking—I did not look for the 578 files already committed on the day I added the exclusion

On July 15, 578 browser profile files were included in a commit.On September 25, I was able to remove 149 files, but the remaining 429 files had been tracked until today.Today, I will talk about why I ...