[Bug-tar] --exclude-vcs-ignores does not read .gitignore files from parent directories

[Michal Novotny]

Hello,

if I invoke tar --exclude-vcs-ignores on a subdirectory of a Git repository, the files that should be ignored per .gitignore file placed in a top-level repo directory, are not ignored.

It would be nice if tar could operate the same way git archive operates in this respect. Can I at least make tar (by passing some additional arguments) take the parent .gitignores into consideration?

Is there a summary, how tar's support for .gitignore files differs from git's native implementation?

I've also encountered this: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54408

Thank you

clime