thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/ignore.c b/src/ignore.c
index 825ab3c..c2d9944 100644
--- a/src/ignore.c
+++ b/src/ignore.c
@@ -141,13 +141,8 @@ static int does_negate_rule(int *out, git_vector *rules, git_attr_fnmatch *match
 		if (git_buf_oom(&buf))
 			goto out;
 
-		if ((error = wildmatch(git_buf_cstr(&buf), path, wildmatch_flags)) < 0) {
-			git_error_set(GIT_ERROR_INVALID, "error matching pattern");
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		/* if we found a match, we want to keep this rule */
-		if (error != WM_NOMATCH) {
+		if ((wildmatch(git_buf_cstr(&buf), path, wildmatch_flags)) == WM_MATCH) {
 			*out = 1;
 			error = 0;
 			goto out;
diff --git a/tests/ignore/path.c b/tests/ignore/path.c
index 9526995..5daf329 100644
--- a/tests/ignore/path.c
+++ b/tests/ignore/path.c
@@ -560,3 +560,18 @@ void test_ignore_path__escaped_space(void)
 	assert_is_ignored(false, "bar\\\\\\");
 	assert_is_ignored(false, "bar\\\\\\ ");
 }
+
+void test_ignore_path__invalid_pattern(void)
+{
+	cl_git_rewritefile("attr/.gitignore", "[");
+	assert_is_ignored(false, "[f");
+	assert_is_ignored(false, "f");
+}
+
+void test_ignore_path__negative_prefix_rule(void)
+{
+	cl_git_rewritefile("attr/.gitignore", "ff*\n!f\n");
+	assert_is_ignored(true, "fff");
+	assert_is_ignored(true, "ff");
+	assert_is_ignored(false, "f");
+}