From a7f4e722168525be1aec0d73edae97350e210e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:09:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test(shared): preserve tabbed ignore anchoring

---
 src/agents/sessions/package-manager.test.ts | 9 ++++++---
 src/shared/ignore-rules.ts                  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/agents/sessions/package-manager.test.ts b/src/agents/sessions/package-manager.test.ts
index 54f30b5b0632..c58e270935ac 100644
--- a/src/agents/sessions/package-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/sessions/package-manager.test.ts
@@ -122,19 +122,22 @@ describe("DefaultPackageManager", () => {
   it("keeps auto-discovered project skills inside their skill root", async () => {
     const root = await makeTempDir("openclaw-package-manager-");
     const agentsSkillsRoot = join(root, ".agents", "skills");
-    const insideSkill = join(agentsSkillsRoot, "inside", "SKILL.md");
+    const insideSkill = join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", "deep", "t", "SKILL.md");
     const ignoredSkill = join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", "deep", "ignored", "SKILL.md");
     const escapedSkill = join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", "deep", "!literal", "SKILL.md");
     const outsideRoot = join(root, "outside");
     await mkdir(join(root, ".git"));
-    await mkdir(join(agentsSkillsRoot, "inside"), { recursive: true });
+    await mkdir(join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", "deep", "t"), { recursive: true });
     await mkdir(join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", "deep", "ignored"), { recursive: true });
     await mkdir(join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", "deep", "!literal"), { recursive: true });
     await mkdir(outsideRoot, { recursive: true });
     await writeFile(insideSkill, "# Inside\n", "utf-8");
     await writeFile(ignoredSkill, "# Ignored\n", "utf-8");
     await writeFile(escapedSkill, "# Ignored\n", "utf-8");
-    await writeFile(join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", ".gitignore"), "ignored/ \n\\!literal/\n");
+    await writeFile(
+      join(agentsSkillsRoot, "group", ".gitignore"),
+      "ignored/ \nt/\t\n\\!literal/\n",
+    );
     await writeFile(join(outsideRoot, "SKILL.md"), "# Outside\n", "utf-8");
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/shared/ignore-rules.ts b/src/shared/ignore-rules.ts
index bb826382e8e2..2105a31a638f 100644
--- a/src/shared/ignore-rules.ts
+++ b/src/shared/ignore-rules.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function prefixIgnorePattern(line: string, prefix: string): string {
   const pattern = negated ? line.slice(1) : line;
   const anchored = pattern.startsWith("/");
   const normalized = anchored ? pattern.slice(1) : pattern;
+  // Git discards trailing spaces only; broader trimming would over-expand nested rules.
   const matchPattern = normalized.replace(/ +$/, "");
   const depthGlob = prefix && !anchored && !matchPattern.slice(0, -1).includes("/") ? "**/" : "";
   const prefixed = `${prefix}${depthGlob}${normalized}`;