diff --git a/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh b/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh
index a785966..73076d3 100755
--- a/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh
+++ b/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh
@@ -41,19 +41,21 @@ echo "[+] dotpath dir: ${basedir}/dotfiles"
 echo "[+] dst dir: ${tmpd}"
 
 # dotfiles in dotdrop
-mkdir -p "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/{b,c}
+mkdir -p "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/{b,c,x}
 echo 'a' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile1
 echo 'a' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile2
 echo 'a' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile3
 echo 'a' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/c/acfile
+echo 'a' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/x/axfile
 
 # filesystem
-mkdir -p "${tmpd}"/a/{b,c,d}
+mkdir -p "${tmpd}"/a/{b,c,d,x}
 echo "b" > "${tmpd}/a/b/abfile1"
 echo "b" > "${tmpd}/a/b/abfile2"
 echo "b" > "${tmpd}/a/b/abfile3"
 echo "b" > "${tmpd}/a/c/acfile"
 echo "b" > "${tmpd}/a/d/adfile"
+echo "b" > "${tmpd}/a/x/axfile"
 
 clear_on_exit "${basedir}"
 clear_on_exit "${tmpd}"
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ dotfiles:
     - "*"
     - "!*/c/**"
     - "!*/d/**"
+    - "!x/"
 profiles:
   p1:
     dotfiles:
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ grep_or_fail a "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile3
 grep_or_fail b "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/c/acfile
 [ ! -s "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/d/adfile ] && echo "adfile not updated" && exit 1
 grep_or_fail b "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/d/adfile
+grep_or_fail a "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/x/axfile
 
 echo "OK"
 exit 0