@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static int does_negate_rule(int *out, git_vector *rules, git_attr_fnmatch *match
 	git_vector_foreach(rules, i, rule) {
 		if (!(rule->flags & GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_HASWILD)) {
 			if (does_negate_pattern(rule, match)) {
+				error = 0;
 				*out = 1;
 				goto out;
 			}
 
@@ -1010,3 +1010,15 @@ void test_status_ignore__subdir_doesnt_match_above(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_ignore_path_is_ignored(&ignored, g_repo, "src/SRC/test.txt"));
 	cl_assert_equal_i(icase, ignored);
 }
+
+void test_status_ignore__negate_exact_previous(void)
+{
+	int ignored;
+
+	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("empty_standard_repo");
+
+	cl_git_mkfile("empty_standard_repo/.gitignore", "*.com\ntags\n!tags/\n.buildpath");
+	cl_git_mkfile("empty_standard_repo/.buildpath", "");
+	cl_git_pass(git_ignore_path_is_ignored(&ignored, g_repo, ".buildpath"));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(1, ignored);
+}
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`@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static int does_negate_rule(int out, git_vector rules, git_attr_fnmatch *match`
`80`	`80`	`git_vector_foreach(rules, i, rule) {`
`81`	`81`	`if (!(rule->flags & GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_HASWILD)) {`
`82`	`82`	`if (does_negate_pattern(rule, match)) {`
	`83`	`+ error = 0;`
`83`	`84`	`*out = 1;`
`84`	`85`	`goto out;`
`85`	`86`	`}`