Add support for ignore lists.

AUTHORS

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ version 2 and created the texi2man script.
 
 Adam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org> refactored the backend code into new
 Stow.pm and Stow/Util.pm modules providing an OO interface, tightened
-up the test suite, added support for `make test' and distribution via
+up the test suite, added support for ignore lists, `make test', and
-CPAN, and cleaned up numerous other minor issues.
+distribution via CPAN, and cleaned up numerous other minor issues.
 
 Stow is currently maintained by Troy Mill.

Makefile.am

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ dist_pm_DATA = lib/Stow.pm
 pmstowdir = $(pmdir)/Stow
 dist_pmstow_DATA = lib/Stow/Util.pm
 
+DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = default-ignore-list
+
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=$(PERL) -I $(top_srcdir)
 TESTS = \
 	t/cleanup_invalid_links.t  \
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	t/examples.t               \
 	t/find_stowed_path.t       \
 	t/foldable.t               \
-	t/join_paths.t             \
+	t/ignore.t                 \
 	t/parent.t                 \
 	t/stow_contents.t          \
 	t/stow.t                   \
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	bin/stow.in bin/chkstow.in lib/Stow.pm.in \
 	$(TESTS) t/testutil.pm \
 	$(TEXINFO_TEX) \
+	default-ignore-list \
 	$(CPAN_FILES)
 CLEANFILES = $(bin_SCRIPTS) $(dist_pm_DATA)
 
@@ -50,8 +53,8 @@ bin/chkstow: bin/chkstow.in Makefile
 	$(edit) < $< > $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
-lib/Stow.pm: lib/Stow.pm.in Makefile
+lib/Stow.pm: lib/Stow.pm.in Makefile $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST)
-	$(edit) < $< > $@
+	( $(edit) < $<; cat $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST) ) > $@
 
 # The rules for manual.html and manual.texi are only used by
 # the developer

TODO

@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
+* Prevent folding of directories which contain ignored files
 * Honour .no-stow-folding and --no-folding
-* Support ignore lists in files
-*** Implement.
-*** Add documentation about ignore lists.
-***** Justification for having stow ignore lists independently of VCS ignore lists
-******* If a file is in the VCS ignore list for its containing repo
-********* generated during development
-        probably shouldn't be stowed
-********* generated during compilation / install
-*********** could be an intermediary file
-          again, probably shouldn't be stowed
-*********** but most likely a file to install
-          e.g. compiled binary/library/docs - should be stowed
-******* If a file is not in the VCS ignore list for its containing repo
-********* it's probably tracked by the VCS - part of the repo
-********* could intended for end use
-*********** e.g. script/config file requiring no modifications, docs
-        should be stowed
-********* or intended only to be used during compilation / build phase
-        shouldn't be stowed
-*** (Eventually) rsync-like include/exclude lists instead of ignore lists
 * Add semi-automatic conflict resolution
 *** STOW_RESOLVE_CONFLICTS="non_stow_symlinks=t stow_symlinks=r"
 *** Add documentation about conflict resolution

default-ignore-list

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Comments and blank lines are allowed.
+
+RCS
+.+,v
+
+CVS
+\.\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files
+\.cvsignore
+
+\.svn
+_darcs
+\.hg
+
+\.git
+\.gitignore
+
+.+~          # emacs backup files
+\#.*\#       # emacs autosave files

doc/stow.texi

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ approved by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 @c ==========================================================================
 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
+@top
 
 @ifinfo
 This manual describes GNU Stow @value{VERSION}, a program for managing
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ the installation of software packages.
 * Introduction::                Description of Stow.
 * Terminology::                 Terms used by this manual.
 * Invoking Stow::               Option summary.
+* Ignore Lists::                Controlling what gets stowed.
 * Installing Packages::         Using Stow to install.
 * Deleting Packages::           Using Stow to uninstall.
 * Conflicts::                   When Stow can't stow.
@@ -107,16 +109,24 @@ the installation of software packages.
 * GNU General Public License::  Copying terms.
 * Index::                       Index of concepts.
 
+@detailmenu
  --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
 
-Compile-time and install-time
+Ignore Lists
+
+* Motivation For Ignore Lists::  
+* Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists::  
+* Justification For Yet Another Set Of Ignore Files::  
+
+Compile-time vs Install-time
 
 * GNU Emacs::                   
 * Other FSF Software::          
 * Cygnus Software::             
 * Perl and Perl 5 Modules::     
-@end menu
 
+@end detailmenu
+@end menu
 
 @c ===========================================================================
 @node Introduction, Terminology, Top, Top
@@ -229,7 +239,7 @@ computed starting from the symlink's own directory.  Stow only
 creates relative symlinks.
 
 @c ===========================================================================
-@node Invoking Stow, Installing Packages, Terminology, Top
+@node Invoking Stow, Ignore Lists, Terminology, Top
 @chapter Invoking Stow
 
 The syntax of the @code{stow} command is:
@@ -265,15 +275,19 @@ This (repeatable) option lets you suppress acting on files that match the
 given perl regular expression.  For example, using the options
 
 @example
---ignore='~' --ignore='\.#.*'
+--ignore='*.orig' --ignore='*.dist'
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-will cause stow to ignore emacs and CVS backup files.
+will cause stow to ignore files ending in @file{.orig} or @file{.dist}.
 
 Note that the regular expression is anchored to the end of the filename,
 because this is what you will want to do most of the time.
 
+Also note that by default Stow automatically ignores a ``sensible''
+built-in list of files and directories such as @file{CVS}, editor
+backup files, and so on.  @xref{Ignore Lists}, for more details.
+
 @item --defer='<regex>'
 This (repeatable) option avoids stowing a file matching the given
 regular expression, if that file is already stowed by another package.
@@ -407,9 +421,152 @@ operations will be performed if any conflicts are detected.
 @ref{Resource Files} for a way to set default values for any of these
 options.
 
+@c ===========================================================================
+@node Ignore Lists, Installing Packages, Invoking Stow, Top
+@chapter Ignore Lists
+
+@cindex ignore lists
+@cindex ignoring files and directories
+
+@menu
+* Motivation For Ignore Lists::  
+* Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists::  
+* Justification For Yet Another Set Of Ignore Files::  
+@end menu
 
 @c ===========================================================================
-@node Installing Packages, Deleting Packages, Invoking Stow, Top
+@node Motivation For Ignore Lists, Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists, Ignore Lists, Ignore Lists
+@section Motivation For Ignore Lists
+
+In many situations, there will exist files under the package
+directories which it would be undesirable to stow into the target
+directory.  For example, files related version control such as
+@file{.gitignore}, @file{CVS}, @file{*,v} (RCS files) should typically
+not have symlinks from the target tree pointing to them.  Also there
+may be files or directories relating to the build of the package which
+are not needed at run-time.
+
+In these cases, it can be rather cumbersome to specify a
+@samp{--ignore} parameter for each file or directory to be ignored.
+This could be worked around by ensuring the existence of
+@file{~/.stowrc} containing multiple @samp{--ignore} lines, or if a
+different set of files/directories should be ignored depending on
+which stow package is involved, a @file{.stowrc} file for each stow
+package, but this would require the user to ensure that they were in
+the correct directory before invoking stow, which would be tedious and
+error-prone.  Furthermore, since Stow shifts parameters from
+@file{.stowrc} onto ARGV at run-time, it could clutter up the process
+table with excessively long parameter lists, or even worse, exceed the
+operating system's limit for process arguments.
+
+@cindex ignore lists
+Therefore in addition to @samp{--ignore} parameters, Stow provides a
+way to specify lists of files and directories to ignore.
+
+@c ===========================================================================
+@node Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists, Justification For Yet Another Set Of Ignore Files, Motivation For Ignore Lists, Ignore Lists
+@section Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists
+
+If you put Perl regular expressions, one per line, in a
+@file{.stow-local-ignore} file within any top level package directory,
+in which case any file or directory within that package matching any
+of these regular expressions will be ignored.  In the absence of this
+package-specific ignore list, Stow will instead use the contents of
+@file{~/.stow-global-ignore}, if it exists.  If neither the
+package-local or global ignore list exist, Stow will use its own
+built-in default ignore list, which serves as a useful example of the
+format of these ignore list files:
+
+@example
+@verbatiminclude default-ignore-list
+@end example
+
+Stow first iterates through the chosen ignore list (built-in, global,
+or package-local) as per above, stripping out comments (if you want to
+include the @samp{#} symbol in a regular expression, escape it with a
+blackslash) and blank lines, placing each regular expressions into one
+of two sets depending on whether it contains the @samp{/} forward
+slash symbol.
+
+Then in order to determine whether a file or directory should be
+ignored:
+
+@enumerate
+@item
+Stow calculates its path relative to the top-level package directory,
+prefixing that with @samp{/}.  If any of the regular expressions
+containing a @samp{/} @emph{exactly}@footnote{Exact matching means the
+regular expression is anchored at the beginning and end, in contrast
+to unanchored regular expressions which will match a substring.} match
+a subpath@footnote{In this context, ``subpath'' means a contiguous
+subset of path segments; e.g for the relative path
+@file{one/two/three/four}, the following are examples of valid
+subpaths: @file{one}, @file{two}, @file{two/three},
+@file{two/three/four}.} of this relative path, then the file or
+directory will be ignored.
+
+@item
+If none of the regular expressions containing a @samp{/} match in the
+manner described above, Stow checks whether the
+@emph{basename}@footnote{The ``basename'' is the name of the file or
+directory itself, excluding any directory path prefix - as returned by
+the @command{basename} command.} of the file or directory matches
+@emph{exactly} against the remaining regular expressions which do not
+contain a @samp{/}, and if so, ignores the file or directory.
+
+@item
+Otherwise, the file or directory is not ignored.
+@end enumerate
+
+For example, if a file @file{bazqux} is in the @file{foo/bar}
+subdirectory of the package directory, Stow would use
+@code{/foo/bar/bazqux} as the text for matching against regular
+expressions which contain @samp{/}, and @code{bazqux} as the text for
+matching against regular expressions which don't contain @samp{/}.
+Then regular expressions @code{bazqux}, @code{baz.*}, @code{.*qux},
+@code{bar/.*x}, and @code{^/foo/.*qux} would all match (causing the
+file to be ignored), whereas @code{bar}, @code{baz}, and @code{qux}
+would not (although @code{bar} would cause its parent directory to be
+ignored and prevent Stow from recursing into that anyway, in which
+case the file @file{bazqux} would not even be considered for
+stowing).
+
+As a special exception to the above algorithm, any
+@file{.stow-local-ignore} present in the top-level package directory
+is @emph{always} ignored, regardless of the contents of any ignore
+list, because this file serves no purpose outside the stow directory.
+
+@c ===========================================================================
+@node Justification For Yet Another Set Of Ignore Files,  , Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists, Ignore Lists
+@section Justification For Yet Another Set Of Ignore Files
+
+The reader may note that this format is very similar to existing
+ignore list file formats, such as those for @code{CVS}, @code{git},
+@code{rsync} etc., and wonder if another set of ignore lists is
+justified.  However there are good reasons why Stow does not simply
+check for the presence of say, @code{.cvsignore}, and use that if it
+exists.  Firstly, there is no guarantee that a stow package would
+contain any version control meta-data, or permit introducing this if
+it didn't already exist.  
+
+Secondly even if it did, version control system ignore lists generally
+reflect @emph{build-time} ignores rather than @emph{install-time}, and
+there may be some intermediate or temporary files on those ignore
+lists generated during development or at build-time which it would be
+inappropriate to stow, even though many files generated at build-time
+(binaries, libraries, documentation etc.) certainly do need to be
+stowed.  Similarly, if a file is @emph{not} in the version control
+system's ignore list, there is no way of knowing whether the file is
+intended for end use, let alone whether the version control system is
+tracking it or not.
+
+Therefore it seems clear that ignore lists provided by version control
+systems do not provide sufficient information for Stow to determine
+which files and directories to stow, and so it makes sense for Stow to
+support independent ignore lists.
+
+@c ===========================================================================
+@node Installing Packages, Deleting Packages, Ignore Lists, Top
 @chapter Installing Packages
 
 @cindex installation
@@ -532,7 +689,7 @@ package.
 
 @c ===========================================================================
 @node Conflicts, Deferred Operation, Deleting Packages, Top
-@section Conflicts
+@chapter Conflicts
 
 If, during installation, a file or symlink exists in the target tree and
 has the same name as something Stow needs to create, and if the

lib/Stow.pm.in

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ use Stow::Util qw(set_debug_level debug error set_test_mode
 our $ProgramName = 'stow';
 our $VERSION = '@VERSION@';
 
+our $LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE  = '.stow-local-ignore';
+our $GLOBAL_IGNORE_FILE = '.stow-global-ignore';
+
+our @default_global_ignore_regexps =
+    __PACKAGE__->get_default_global_ignore_regexps();
+
 # These are the default options for each Stow instance.
 our %DEFAULT_OPTIONS = (
     conflicts  => 0,
@@ -235,14 +241,16 @@ sub plan_unstow {
             debug(2, "Planning unstow of package $package...");
             if ($self->{'compat'}) {
                 $self->unstow_contents_orig(
-                    join_paths($self->{stow_path}, $package), # path to package
+                    $self->{stow_path},
-                    '.',                                      # target is current_dir
+                    $package,
+                    '.',
                 );
             }
             else {
                 $self->unstow_contents(
-                    join_paths($self->{stow_path}, $package), # path to package
+                    $self->{stow_path},
-                    '.',                                      # target is current_dir
+                    $package,
+                    '.',
                 );
             }
             debug(2, "Planning unstow of package $package... done");
@@ -269,8 +277,9 @@ sub plan_stow {
             }
             debug(2, "Planning stow of package $package...");
             $self->stow_contents(
-                join_paths($self->{stow_path}, $package), # path package
+                $self->{stow_path},
-                '.',                                      # target is current dir
+                $package,
+                '.',
                 join_paths($self->{stow_path}, $package), # source from target
             );
             debug(2, "Planning stow of package $package... done");
@@ -306,23 +315,29 @@ sub within_target_do {
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
 # Name      : stow_contents()
 # Purpose   : stow the contents of the given directory
-# Parameters: $path   => relative path to source dir from current directory
+# Parameters: $stow_path => relative path from current (i.e. target) directory
-#           : $target => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
+#           :               to the stow dir containing the package to be stowed
-#           : $source => relative path to symlink source from the dir of target
+#           : $package => the package whose contents are being stowed
+#           : $target => subpath relative to package and target directories
+#           : $source => relative path from the (sub)dir of target
+#           :            to symlink source
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : a fatal error if directory cannot be read
-# Comments  : stow_node() and stow_contents() are mutually recursive
+# Comments  : stow_node() and stow_contents() are mutually recursive.
 #           : $source and $target are used for creating the symlink
 #           : $path is used for folding/unfolding trees as necessary
 #============================================================================
 sub stow_contents {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path, $target, $source) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target, $source) = @_;
+
+    my $path = join_paths($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
     return if $self->should_skip_target_which_is_stow_dir($target);
 
     my $cwd = getcwd();
-    my $msg = "Stowing contents of $path (cwd=$cwd, stow dir=$self->{stow_path})";
+    my $msg = "Stowing contents of $path in package $package "
+            . "(cwd=$cwd, stow dir=$self->{stow_path})";
     $msg =~ s!$ENV{HOME}/!~/!g;
     debug(2, $msg);
     debug(3, "--- $target => $source");
@@ -341,10 +356,12 @@ sub stow_contents {
     for my $node (@listing) {
         next NODE if $node eq '.';
         next NODE if $node eq '..';
-        next NODE if $self->ignore($node);
+        my $node_target = join_paths($target, $node);
+        next NODE if $self->ignore($stow_path, $package, $node_target);
         $self->stow_node(
-            join_paths($path,   $node),   # path
+            $stow_path,
-            join_paths($target, $node),   # target
+            $package,
+            $node_target,                 # target
             join_paths($source, $node),   # source
         );
     }
@@ -353,8 +370,10 @@ sub stow_contents {
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
 # Name      : stow_node()
 # Purpose   : stow the given node
-# Parameters: $path   => relative path to source node from the current directory
+# Parameters: $stow_path => relative path from current (i.e. target) directory
-#           : $target => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
+#           :               to the stow dir containing the node to be stowed
+#           : $package => the package containing the node being stowed
+#           : $target => subpath relative to package and target directories
 #           : $source => relative path to symlink source from the dir of target
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : fatal exception if a conflict arises
@@ -364,7 +383,9 @@ sub stow_contents {
 #============================================================================
 sub stow_node {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path, $target, $source) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target, $source) = @_;
+
+    my $path = join_paths($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
     debug(2, "Stowing from $path");
     debug(3, "--- $target => $source");
@@ -381,7 +402,6 @@ sub stow_node {
 
     # Does the target already exist?
     if ($self->is_a_link($target)) {
-
         # Where is the link pointing?
         my $existing_source = $self->read_a_link($target);
         if (not $existing_source) {
@@ -390,7 +410,8 @@ sub stow_node {
         debug(3, "--- Evaluate existing link: $target => $existing_source");
 
         # Does it point to a node under our stow directory?
-        my $existing_path = $self->find_stowed_path($target, $existing_source);
+        my ($existing_path, $existing_stow_path, $existing_package) =
+            $self->find_stowed_path($target, $existing_source);
         if (not $existing_path) {
             $self->conflict("existing target is not owned by stow: $target");
             return; # XXX #
@@ -416,11 +437,21 @@ sub stow_node {
                 # and the proposed new link points to a directory,
                 # then we can unfold (split open) the tree at that point
 
-                debug(3, "--- Unfolding $target");
+                debug(3, "--- Unfolding $target which was already owned by $existing_package");
                 $self->do_unlink($target);
                 $self->do_mkdir($target);
-                $self->stow_contents($existing_path, $target, join_paths('..', $existing_source));
+                $self->stow_contents(
-                $self->stow_contents($path,     $target, join_paths('..', $source));
+                    $existing_stow_path,
+                    $existing_package,
+                    $target,
+                    join_paths('..', $existing_source),
+                );
+                $self->stow_contents(
+                    $self->{stow_path},
+                    $package,
+                    $target,
+                    join_paths('..', $source),
+                );
             }
             else {
                 $self->conflict(
@@ -440,7 +471,12 @@ sub stow_node {
     elsif ($self->is_a_node($target)) {
         debug(3, "--- Evaluate existing node: $target");
         if ($self->is_a_dir($target)) {
-            $self->stow_contents($path, $target, join_paths('..', $source));
+            $self->stow_contents(
+                $self->{stow_path},
+                $package,
+                $target,
+                join_paths('..', $source),
+            );
         }
         else {
             $self->conflict(
@@ -497,7 +533,9 @@ sub marked_stow_dir {
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
 # Name      : unstow_contents_orig()
 # Purpose   : unstow the contents of the given directory
-# Parameters: $path   => relative path to source dir from current directory
+# Parameters: $stow_path => relative path from current (i.e. target) directory
+#           :               to the stow dir containing the package to be unstowed
+#           : $package => the package whose contents are being unstowed
 #           : $target => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : a fatal error if directory cannot be read
@@ -506,7 +544,9 @@ sub marked_stow_dir {
 #============================================================================
 sub unstow_contents_orig {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path, $target) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target) = @_;
+
+    my $path = join_paths($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
     return if $self->should_skip_target_which_is_stow_dir($target);
 
@@ -530,18 +570,18 @@ sub unstow_contents_orig {
     for my $node (@listing) {
         next NODE if $node eq '.';
         next NODE if $node eq '..';
-        next NODE if $self->ignore($node);
+        my $node_target = join_paths($target, $node);
-        $self->unstow_node_orig(
+        next NODE if $self->ignore($stow_path, $package, $node_target);
-            join_paths($path,   $node), # path
+        $self->unstow_node_orig($stow_path, $package, $node_target);
-            join_paths($target, $node), # target
-        );
     }
 }
 
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
 # Name      : unstow_node_orig()
 # Purpose   : unstow the given node
-# Parameters: $path   => relative path to source node from the current directory
+# Parameters: $stow_path => relative path from current (i.e. target) directory
+#           :               to the stow dir containing the node to be stowed
+#           : $package => the package containing the node being stowed
 #           : $target => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : fatal error if a conflict arises
@@ -549,7 +589,9 @@ sub unstow_contents_orig {
 #============================================================================
 sub unstow_node_orig {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path, $target) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target) = @_;
+
+    my $path = join_paths($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
     debug(2, "Unstowing $target (compat mode)");
     debug(3, "--- source path is $path");
@@ -565,7 +607,8 @@ sub unstow_node_orig {
         }
 
         # Does it point to a node under our stow directory?
-        my $existing_path = $self->find_stowed_path($target, $existing_source);
+        my ($existing_path, $existing_stow_path, $existing_package) =
+            $self->find_stowed_path($target, $existing_source);
         if (not $existing_path) {
             # We're traversing the target tree not the package tree,
             # so we definitely expect to find stuff not owned by stow.
@@ -591,7 +634,7 @@ sub unstow_node_orig {
         }
     }
     elsif (-d $target) {
-        $self->unstow_contents_orig($path, $target);
+        $self->unstow_contents_orig($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
         # This action may have made the parent directory foldable
         if (my $parent = $self->foldable($target)) {
@@ -612,7 +655,9 @@ sub unstow_node_orig {
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
 # Name      : unstow_contents()
 # Purpose   : unstow the contents of the given directory
-# Parameters: $path   => relative path to source dir from current directory
+# Parameters: $stow_path => relative path from current (i.e. target) directory
+#           :               to the stow dir containing the package to be unstowed
+#           : $package => the package whose contents are being unstowed
 #           : $target => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : a fatal error if directory cannot be read
@@ -621,7 +666,9 @@ sub unstow_node_orig {
 #============================================================================
 sub unstow_contents {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path, $target) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target) = @_;
+
+    my $path = join_paths($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
     return if $self->should_skip_target_which_is_stow_dir($target);
 
@@ -648,11 +695,9 @@ sub unstow_contents {
     for my $node (@listing) {
         next NODE if $node eq '.';
         next NODE if $node eq '..';
-        next NODE if $self->ignore($node);
+        my $node_target = join_paths($target, $node);
-        $self->unstow_node(
+        next NODE if $self->ignore($stow_path, $package, $node_target);
-            join_paths($path,   $node), # path
+        $self->unstow_node($stow_path, $package, $node_target);
-            join_paths($target, $node), # target
-        );
     }
     if (-d $target) {
         $self->cleanup_invalid_links($target);
@@ -662,7 +707,9 @@ sub unstow_contents {
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
 # Name      : unstow_node()
 # Purpose   : unstow the given node
-# Parameters: $path   => relative path to source node from the current directory
+# Parameters: $stow_path => relative path from current (i.e. target) directory
+#           :               to the stow dir containing the node to be stowed
+#           : $package => the package containing the node being unstowed
 #           : $target => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : fatal error if a conflict arises
@@ -670,7 +717,9 @@ sub unstow_contents {
 #============================================================================
 sub unstow_node {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path, $target) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target) = @_;
+
+    my $path = join_paths($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
     debug(2, "Unstowing $path");
     debug(3, "--- target is $target");
@@ -686,12 +735,13 @@ sub unstow_node {
         }
 
         if ($existing_source =~ m{\A/}) {
-            warn "ignoring an absolute symlink: $target => $existing_source\n";
+            warn "Ignoring an absolute symlink: $target => $existing_source\n";
             return; # XXX #
         }
 
         # Does it point to a node under our stow directory?
-        my $existing_path = $self->find_stowed_path($target, $existing_source);
+        my ($existing_path, $existing_stow_path, $existing_package) =
+            $self->find_stowed_path($target, $existing_source);
         if (not $existing_path) {
              $self->conflict(
                  qq{existing target is not owned by stow: $target => $existing_source}
@@ -732,7 +782,7 @@ sub unstow_node {
     elsif (-e $target) {
         debug(3, "Evaluate existing node: $target");
         if (-d $target) {
-            $self->unstow_contents($path, $target);
+            $self->unstow_contents($stow_path, $package, $target);
 
             # This action may have made the parent directory foldable
             if (my $parent = $self->foldable($target)) {
@@ -752,16 +802,39 @@ sub unstow_node {
 }
 
 #===== METHOD ===============================================================
-# Name      : find_stowed_path()
+# Name      : path_owned_by_package()
 # Purpose   : determine if the given link points to a member of a
 #           : stowed package
 # Parameters: $target => path to a symbolic link under current directory
 #           : $source => where that link points to
-# Returns   : relative path to stowed node (from the current directory)
+# Returns   : the package iff link is owned by stow, otherwise ''
-#           : or '' if link is not owned by stow
+# Throws    : n/a
-# Throws    : fatal exception if link is unreadable
+# Comments  : lossy wrapper around find_stowed_path()
-# Comments  : allow for stow dir not being under target dir
+#============================================================================
-#           : we could put more logic under here for multiple stow dirs
+sub path_owned_by_package {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($target, $source) = @_;
+
+    my ($path, $stow_path, $package) =
+        $self->find_stowed_path($target, $source);
+    return $package;
+}
+
+#===== METHOD ===============================================================
+# Name      : find_stowed_path()
+# Purpose   : determine if the given link points to a member of a
+#           : stowed package
+# Parameters: $target => path to a symbolic link under current directory
+#           : $source => where that link points to (needed because link
+#           :            might not exist yet due to two-phase approach,
+#           :            so we can't just call readlink())
+# Returns   : ($path, $stow_path, $package) where $path and $stow_path are
+#           : relative from the current (i.e. target) directory
+#           : or ('', '', '') if link is not owned by stow
+# Throws    : n/a
+# Comments  : Needs 
+#           : Allow for stow dir not being under target dir.
+#           : We could put more logic under here for multiple stow dirs.
 #============================================================================
 sub find_stowed_path {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -769,34 +842,48 @@ sub find_stowed_path {
 
     # Evaluate softlink relative to its target
     my $path = join_paths(parent($target), $source);
-    debug(4, "  is path $path under $self->{stow_path} ?");
+    debug(4, "  is path $path owned by stow?");
 
-    # Search for .stow files
+    # Search for .stow files - this allows us to detect links
+    # owned by stow directories other than the current one.
     my $dir = '';
-    for my $part (split m{/+}, $path) {
+    my @path = split m{/+}, $path;
+    for my $i (0 .. $#path) {
+        my $part = $path[$i];
         $dir = join_paths($dir, $part);
-        return $path if $self->marked_stow_dir($dir);
+        if ($self->marked_stow_dir($dir)) {
+            # FIXME - not sure if this can ever happen
+            internal_error("find_stowed_path() called directly on stow dir")
+                if $i == $#path;
+
+            debug(4, "    yes - $dir was marked as a stow dir");
+            my $package = $path[$i + 1];
+            return ($path, $dir, $package);
+        }
     }
 
-    # Compare with $self->{stow_path}
+    # If no .stow file was found, we need to find out whether it's
-    my @path = split m{/+}, $path;
+    # owned by the current stow directory, in which case $path will be
+    # a prefix of $self->{stow_path}.
     my @stow_path = split m{/+}, $self->{stow_path};
 
     # Strip off common prefixes until one is empty
     while (@path && @stow_path) {
         if ((shift @path) ne (shift @stow_path)) {
             debug(4, "    no - either $path not under $self->{stow_path} or vice-versa");
-            return '';
+            return ('', '', '');
         }
     }
 
     if (@stow_path) { # @path must be empty
         debug(4, "    no - $path is not under $self->{stow_path}");
-        return '';
+        return ('', '', '');
     }
 
-    debug(4, "    yes - in " . join_paths(@path));
+    my $package = shift @path;
-    return $path;
+    
+    debug(4, "    yes - by $package in " . join_paths(@path));
+    return ($path, $self->{stow_path}, $package);
 }
 
 #===== METHOD ================================================================
@@ -841,7 +928,7 @@ sub cleanup_invalid_links {
 
             if (
                 not -e join_paths($dir, $source) and  # bad link
-                $self->find_stowed_path($node_path, $source) # owned by stow
+                $self->path_owned_by_package($node_path, $source) # owned by stow
             ){
                 debug(3, "--- removing stale link: $node_path => " .
                           join_paths($dir, $source));
@@ -910,7 +997,7 @@ sub foldable {
     $parent =~ s{\A\.\./}{};
 
     # If the resulting path is owned by stow, we can fold it
-    if ($self->find_stowed_path($target, $parent)) {
+    if ($self->path_owned_by_package($target, $parent)) {
         debug(3, "--- $target is foldable");
         return $parent;
     }
@@ -997,21 +1084,189 @@ sub get_tasks {
 #===== METHOD ================================================================
 # Name      : ignore
 # Purpose   : determine if the given path matches a regex in our ignore list
-# Parameters: $path
+# Parameters: $stow_path => the stow directory containing the package
-# Returns   : Boolean
+#           : $package   => the package containing the path
+#           : $target    => the path to check against the ignore list
+#           :               relative to its package directory
+# Returns   : true iff the path should be ignored
 # Throws    : no exceptions
 # Comments  : none
 #=============================================================================
 sub ignore {
     my $self = shift;
-    my ($path) = @_;
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $target) = @_;
+
+    internal_error(__PACKAGE__ . "::ignore() called with empty target")
+        unless length $target;
 
     for my $suffix (@{ $self->{'ignore'} }) {
-        return 1 if $path =~ m/$suffix/;
+        if ($target =~ m/$suffix/) {
+            debug(4, "  Ignoring path $target due to --ignore=$suffix");
+            return 1;
         }
+    }
+
+    my $package_dir = join_paths($stow_path, $package);
+    my ($path_regexp, $segment_regexp) =
+        $self->get_ignore_regexps($package_dir);
+    debug(3, "    Ignore list regexp for paths:    " .
+             (defined $path_regexp ? "/$path_regexp/" : "none"));
+    debug(3, "    Ignore list regexp for segments: " .
+             (defined $segment_regexp ? "/$segment_regexp/" : "none"));
+
+    if (defined $path_regexp and "/$target" =~ $path_regexp) {
+        debug(4, "  Ignoring path /$target");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    (my $basename = $target) =~ s!.+/!!;
+    if (defined $segment_regexp and $basename =~ $segment_regexp) {
+        debug(4, "  Ignoring path segment $basename");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    debug(5, "  Not ignoring $target");
     return 0;
 }
 
+sub get_ignore_regexps {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($dir) = @_;
+
+    # N.B. the local and global stow ignore files have to have different
+    # names so that:
+    #   1. the global one can be a symlink to within a stow
+    #      package, managed by stow itself, and
+    #   2. the local ones can be ignored via hardcoded logic in
+    #      GlobsToRegexp(), so that they always stay within their stow packages.
+
+    my $local_stow_ignore  = join_paths($dir,       $LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE);
+    my $global_stow_ignore = join_paths($ENV{HOME}, $GLOBAL_IGNORE_FILE);
+
+    for my $file ($local_stow_ignore, $global_stow_ignore) {
+        if (-e $file) {
+            debug(3, "  Using ignore file: $file");
+            return $self->get_ignore_regexps_from_file($file);
+        }
+        else {
+            debug(4, "  $file didn't exist");
+        }
+    }
+
+    debug(4, "  Using built-in ignore list");
+    return @default_global_ignore_regexps;
+}
+
+my %ignore_file_regexps;
+
+sub get_ignore_regexps_from_file {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($file) = @_;
+
+    if (exists $ignore_file_regexps{$file}) {
+        debug(4, "    Using memoized regexps from $file");
+        return @{ $ignore_file_regexps{$file} };
+    }
+
+    if (! open(REGEXPS, $file)) {
+        debug(4, "    Failed to open $file: $!");
+        return undef;
+    }
+
+    my @regexps = $self->get_ignore_regexps_from_fh(\*REGEXPS);
+    close(REGEXPS);
+
+    $ignore_file_regexps{$file} = [ @regexps ];
+    return @regexps;
+}
+
+=head2 invalidate_memoized_regexp($file)
+
+For efficiency of performance, regular expressions are compiled from
+each ignore list file the first time it is used by the Stow process,
+and then memoized for future use.  If you expect the contents of these
+files to change during a single run, you will need to invalidate the
+memoized value from this cache.  This method allows you to do that.
+
+=cut
+
+sub invalidate_memoized_regexp {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($file) = @_;
+    if (exists $ignore_file_regexps{$file}) {
+        debug(4, "    Invalidated memoized regexp for $file");
+        delete $ignore_file_regexps{$file};
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(2, "  WARNING: no memoized regexp for $file to invalidate");
+    }
+}
+
+sub get_ignore_regexps_from_fh {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($fh) = @_;
+    my %regexps;
+    while (<$fh>) {
+        chomp;
+        s/^\s+//;
+        s/\s+$//;
+        next if /^#/ or length($_) == 0;
+        s/\s+#.+//; # strip comments to right of pattern
+        s/\\#/#/g;
+        $regexps{$_}++;
+    }
+
+    # Local ignore lists should *always* stay within the stow directory,
+    # because this is the only place stow looks for them.
+    $regexps{"^/\Q$LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE\E\$"}++;
+
+    return $self->compile_ignore_regexps(%regexps);
+}
+
+sub compile_ignore_regexps {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my (%regexps) = @_;
+
+    my @segment_regexps;
+    my @path_regexps;
+    for my $regexp (keys %regexps) {
+        if (index($regexp, '/') < 0) {
+            # No / found in regexp, so use it for matching against basename
+            push @segment_regexps, $regexp;
+        }
+        else {
+            # / found in regexp, so use it for matching against full path
+            push @path_regexps, $regexp;
+        }
+    }
+
+    my $segment_regexp = join '|', @segment_regexps;
+    my $path_regexp    = join '|', @path_regexps;
+    $segment_regexp = @segment_regexps ?
+        $self->compile_regexp("^($segment_regexp)\$") : undef;
+    $path_regexp    = @path_regexps    ?
+        $self->compile_regexp("(^|/)($path_regexp)(/|\$)") : undef;
+
+    return ($path_regexp, $segment_regexp);
+}
+
+sub compile_regexp {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my ($regexp) = @_;
+    my $compiled = eval { qr/$regexp/ };
+    die "Failed to compile regexp: $@\n" if $@;
+    return $compiled;
+}
+
+sub get_default_global_ignore_regexps {
+    my $class = shift;
+    # Bootstrap issue - first time we stow, we will be stowing
+    # .cvsignore so it might not exist in ~ yet, or if it does, it could
+    # be an old version missing the entries we need.  So we make sure
+    # they are there by hardcoding some crucial entries.
+    return $class->get_ignore_regexps_from_fh(\*DATA);
+}
+
 #===== METHOD ================================================================
 # Name      : defer
 # Purpose   : determine if the given path matches a regex in our defer list
@@ -1675,3 +1930,9 @@ sub internal_error {
 # cperl-indent-level: 4
 # end:
 # vim: ft=perl
+
+#############################################################################
+# Default global list of ignore regexps follows
+# (automatically appended by the Makefile)
+
+__DATA__

t/chkstow.t

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use Test::More tests => 7;
 use Test::Output;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 # setup stow directory

t/cleanup_invalid_links.t

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
 use testutil;
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 my $stow;

t/examples.t

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use testutil;
 use Test::More tests => 10;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 my $stow;

t/find_stowed_path.t

@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@ use testutil;
 
 use Test::More tests => 6;
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 
 my $stow = new_Stow(dir => 't/stow');
 
-is(
+is_deeply(
-    $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c', '../../../stow/a/b/c'),
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c', '../../../stow/a/b/c') ],
-    't/stow/a/b/c'
+    [ 't/stow/a/b/c', 't/stow', 'a' ]
     => 'from root'
 );
 
 cd('t/target');
 $stow->set_stow_dir('../stow');
-is(
+is_deeply(
-    $stow->find_stowed_path('a/b/c','../../../stow/a/b/c'),
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('a/b/c','../../../stow/a/b/c') ],
-    '../stow/a/b/c'
+    [ '../stow/a/b/c', '../stow', 'a' ]
     => 'from target directory'
 );
 
@@ -33,31 +33,31 @@ make_dir('stow');
 cd('../..');
 $stow->set_stow_dir('t/target/stow');
 
-is(
+is_deeply(
-    $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c', '../../stow/a/b/c'),
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c', '../../stow/a/b/c') ],
-    't/target/stow/a/b/c'
+    [ 't/target/stow/a/b/c', 't/target/stow', 'a' ]
     => 'stow is subdir of target directory'
 );
 
-is(
+is_deeply(
-    $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../empty'),
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../empty') ],
-    ''
+    [ '', '', '' ]
     => 'target is not stowed'
 );
 
 make_dir('t/target/stow2');
 make_file('t/target/stow2/.stow');
 
-is(
+is_deeply(
-    $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../stow2/a/b/c'),
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../stow2/a/b/c') ],
-    't/target/stow2/a/b/c'
+    [ 't/target/stow2/a/b/c', 't/target/stow2', 'a' ]
     => q(detect alternate stow directory)
 );
 
 # Possible corner case with rogue symlink pointing to ancestor of
 # stow dir.
-is(
+is_deeply(
-    $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../..'),
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../..') ],
-    ''
+    [ '', '', '' ]
     => q(corner case - link points to ancestor of stow dir)
 );

t/foldable.t

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use testutil;
 use Test::More tests => 4;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 my $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow');

t/ignore.t

@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+#
+# Testing ignore lists.
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+use Test::More tests => 286;
+
+use testutil;
+use Stow::Util qw(join_paths);
+
+init_test_dirs();
+cd('t/target');
+
+my $stow = new_Stow();
+
+sub test_ignores {
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $context, @tests) = @_;
+    $context ||= '';
+    while (@tests) {
+        my $path          = shift @tests;
+        my $should_ignore = shift @tests;
+        my $not = $should_ignore ? '' : ' not';
+        my $was_ignored = $stow->ignore($stow_path, $package, $path);
+        is(
+            $was_ignored, $should_ignore,
+            "Should$not ignore $path $context"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+sub test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level {
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $context) = @_;
+    test_ignores(
+        $stow_path, $package, $context,
+        $Stow::LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE             => 1,
+        "subdir/" . $Stow::LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE => 0,
+    );
+}    
+
+sub test_built_in_list {
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $context, $expect_ignores) = @_;
+
+    for my $ignored ('CVS', '.cvsignore', '#autosave#') {
+        for my $path ($ignored, "foo/bar/$ignored") {
+            my $suffix = "$path.suffix";
+            (my $prefix = $path) =~ s!([^/]+)$!prefix.$1!;
+
+            test_ignores(
+                $stow_path, $package, $context,
+                $path   => $expect_ignores,
+                $prefix => 0,
+                $suffix => 0,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    # The pattern catching lock files allows suffixes but not prefixes
+    for my $ignored ('.#lock-file') {
+        for my $path ($ignored, "foo/bar/$ignored") {
+            my $suffix = "$path.suffix";
+            (my $prefix = $path) =~ s!([^/]+)$!prefix.$1!;
+
+            test_ignores(
+                $stow_path, $package, $context,
+                $path   => $expect_ignores,
+                $prefix => 0,
+                $suffix => $expect_ignores,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub test_user_global_list {
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $context, $expect_ignores) = @_;
+
+    for my $path ('', 'foo/bar/') {
+        test_ignores(
+            $stow_path, $package, $context,
+            $path . 'exact'       => $expect_ignores,
+            $path . '0exact'      => 0,
+            $path . 'exact1'      => 0,
+            $path . '0exact1'     => 0,
+
+            $path . 'substring'   => 0,
+            $path . '0substring'  => 0,
+            $path . 'substring1'  => 0,
+            $path . '0substring1' => $expect_ignores,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+sub setup_user_global_list {
+    # Now test with global ignore list in home directory
+    $ENV{HOME} = tempdir();
+    make_file(join_paths($ENV{HOME}, $Stow::GLOBAL_IGNORE_FILE), <<EOF);
+exact
+.+substring.+ # here's a comment
+.+\.extension
+myprefix.+       #hi mum
+EOF
+}
+
+sub setup_package_local_list {
+    my ($stow_path, $package, $list) = @_;
+    my $package_path = join_paths($stow_path, $package);
+    make_dir($package_path);
+    my $local_ignore = join_paths($package_path, $Stow::LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE);
+    make_file($local_ignore, $list);
+    $stow->invalidate_memoized_regexp($local_ignore);
+    return $local_ignore;
+}
+
+sub main {
+    my $stow_path = '../stow';
+    my $package;
+    my $context;
+
+    # Test built-in list first.  init_test_dirs() already set
+    # $ENV{HOME} to ensure that we're not using the user's global
+    # ignore list.
+    $package = 'non-existent-package';
+    $context = "when using built-in list";
+    test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level($stow_path, $package, $context);
+    test_built_in_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 1);
+
+    # Test ~/.stow-global-ignore
+    setup_user_global_list();
+    $context = "when using ~/$Stow::GLOBAL_IGNORE_FILE";
+    test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level($stow_path, $package, $context);
+    test_built_in_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_user_global_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 1);
+
+    # Test empty package-local .stow-local-ignore
+    $package = 'ignorepkg';
+    my $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, "");
+    $context = "when using empty $local_ignore";
+    test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level($stow_path, $package, $context);
+    test_built_in_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_user_global_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_ignores(
+        $stow_path, $package, $context,
+        'random'          => 0,
+        'foo2/bar'        => 0,
+        'foo2/bars'       => 0,
+        'foo2/bar/random' => 0,
+        'foo2/bazqux'     => 0,
+        'xfoo2/bazqux'    => 0,
+    );
+
+    # Test package-local .stow-local-ignore with only path segment regexps
+    $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, <<EOF);
+random
+EOF
+    $context = "when using $local_ignore with only path segment regexps";
+    test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level($stow_path, $package, $context);
+    test_built_in_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_user_global_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_ignores(
+        $stow_path, $package, $context,
+        'random'          => 1,
+        'foo2/bar'        => 0,
+        'foo2/bars'       => 0,
+        'foo2/bar/random' => 1,
+        'foo2/bazqux'     => 0,
+        'xfoo2/bazqux'    => 0,
+    );
+
+    # Test package-local .stow-local-ignore with only full path regexps
+    $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, <<EOF);
+foo2/bar
+EOF
+    $context = "when using $local_ignore with only full path regexps";
+    test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level($stow_path, $package, $context);
+    test_built_in_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_user_global_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_ignores(
+        $stow_path, $package, $context,
+        'random'          => 0,
+        'foo2/bar'        => 1,
+        'foo2/bars'       => 0,
+        'foo2/bar/random' => 1,
+        'foo2/bazqux'     => 0,
+        'xfoo2/bazqux'    => 0,
+    );
+
+    # Test package-local .stow-local-ignore with a mixture of regexps
+    $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, <<EOF);
+foo2/bar
+random
+foo2/baz.+
+EOF
+    $context = "when using $local_ignore with mixture of regexps";
+    test_local_ignore_list_always_ignored_at_top_level($stow_path, $package, $context);
+    test_built_in_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_user_global_list($stow_path, $package, $context, 0);
+    test_ignores(
+        $stow_path, $package, $context,
+        'random'          => 1,
+        'foo2/bar'        => 1,
+        'foo2/bars'       => 0,
+        'foo2/bar/random' => 1,
+        'foo2/bazqux'     => 1,
+        'xfoo2/bazqux'    => 0,
+    );
+
+    test_examples_in_manual($stow_path);
+    test_invalid_regexp($stow_path, "Invalid segment regexp in list", <<EOF);
+this one's ok
+this one isn't|*!
+but this one is
+EOF
+    test_invalid_regexp($stow_path, "Invalid full path regexp in list", <<EOF);
+this one's ok
+this/one isn't|*!
+but this one is
+EOF
+    test_ignore_via_stow($stow_path);
+}
+
+sub test_examples_in_manual {
+    my ($stow_path) = @_;
+    my $package = 'ignorepkg';
+    my $context = "(example from manual)";
+
+    for my $re ('bazqux', 'baz.*', '.*qux', 'bar/.*x', '^/foo/.*qux') {
+        my $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, "$re\n");
+        test_ignores(
+            $stow_path, $package, $context,
+            "foo/bar/bazqux" => 1,
+        );
+    }
+
+    for my $re ('bar', 'baz', 'qux') {
+        my $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, "$re\n");
+        test_ignores(
+            $stow_path, $package, $context,
+            "foo/bar/bazqux" => 0,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+sub test_invalid_regexp {
+    my ($stow_path, $context, $list) = @_;
+    my $package = 'ignorepkg';
+
+    my $local_ignore = setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, $list);
+    eval {
+        test_ignores(
+            $stow_path, $package, $context,
+            "foo/bar/bazqux" => 1,
+        );
+    };
+    like($@, qr/^Failed to compile regexp: Quantifier follows nothing in regex;/,
+         $context);
+}
+
+sub test_ignore_via_stow {
+    my ($stow_path) = @_;
+
+    my $package = 'pkg1';
+    make_dir("$stow_path/$package/foo/bar");
+    make_file("$stow_path/$package/foo/bar/baz");
+
+    setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, 'foo');
+    $stow->plan_stow($package);
+    is($stow->get_tasks(),     0, 'top dir ignored');
+    is($stow->get_conflicts(), 0, 'top dir ignored, no conflicts');
+
+    make_dir("foo");
+    for my $ignore ('bar', 'foo/bar', '/foo/bar', '^/foo/bar', '^/fo.+ar') {
+        setup_package_local_list($stow_path, $package, $ignore);
+        $stow->plan_stow($package);
+        is($stow->get_tasks(), 0, "bar ignored via $ignore");
+        is($stow->get_conflicts(), 0, 'bar ignored, no conflicts');
+    }
+
+    make_file("$stow_path/$package/foo/qux");
+    $stow->plan_stow($package);
+    $stow->process_tasks();
+    is($stow->get_conflicts(), 0, 'no conflicts stowing qux');
+    ok(! -e "foo/bar", "bar ignore prevented stow");
+    ok(-l "foo/qux",   "qux not ignored and stowed");
+    is(readlink("foo/qux"), "../$stow_path/$package/foo/qux", "qux stowed correctly");
+}
+
+main();

t/stow.t

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use testutil;
 
 require 'stow';
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 
 local @ARGV = (
     '-v',

t/stow_contents.t

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
 use testutil;
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 my $stow;

t/testutil.pm

@@ -10,14 +10,17 @@ use warnings;
 use Stow;
 use Stow::Util qw(parent);
 
-sub make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs {
+sub init_test_dirs {
     die "t/ didn't exist; are you running the tests from the root of the tree?\n"
         unless -d 't';
 
     for my $dir ('t/target', 't/stow') {
-        eval { remove_dir($dir); };
+        -d $dir and remove_dir($dir);
         make_dir($dir);
     }
+
+    # Don't let user's ~/.stow-global-ignore affect test results
+    $ENV{HOME} = '/tmp/fake/home';
 }
 
 sub new_Stow {
@@ -90,22 +93,22 @@ sub make_dir {
 # Name      : create_file()
 # Purpose   : create an empty file
 # Parameters: $path => proposed path to the file
+#           : $contents => (optional) contents to write to file
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : fatal error if the file could not be created
 # Comments  : detects clash with an existing non-file
 #============================================================================
 sub make_file {
-    my ($path) =@_;
+    my ($path, $contents) =@_;
 
-    if (not -e $path) {
+    if (-e $path and ! -f $path) {
-        open my $FILE ,'>', $path
-            or die "could not create file: $path ($!)\n";
-        close $FILE;
-    }
-    elsif (not -f $path) {
         die "a non-file already exists at $path\n";
     }
-    return;
+
+    open my $FILE ,'>', $path
+        or die "could not create file: $path ($!)\n";
+    print $FILE $contents if defined $contents;
+    close $FILE;
 }
 
 #===== SUBROUTINE ===========================================================
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ sub remove_dir {
         next NODE if $node eq '..';
 
         my $path = "$dir/$node";
-        if (-l $path or -z $path) {
+        if (-l $path or -z $path or $node eq $Stow::LOCAL_IGNORE_FILE) {
             unlink $path or die "cannot unlink $path ($!)\n";
         }
         elsif (-d "$path") {

t/unstow_contents.t

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 # Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files

t/unstow_contents_orig.t

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
 
-make_fresh_stow_and_target_dirs();
+init_test_dirs();
 cd('t/target');
 
 # Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files