1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index e11342e136..a374972b62 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ static int do_match_pathspec(struct index_state *istate,
 		    ( exclude && !(ps->items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)))
 			continue;
 
-		if (seen && seen[i] == MATCHED_EXACTLY)
+		if (seen && seen[i] == MATCHED_EXACTLY &&
+		    ps->items[i].nowildcard_len == ps->items[i].len)
 			continue;
 		/*
 		 * Make exclude patterns optional and never report