diff --git a/dotdrop/updater.py b/dotdrop/updater.py
index 6c51137..f585df9 100644
--- a/dotdrop/updater.py
+++ b/dotdrop/updater.py
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ class Updater:
                                      ignore_missing_in_dotdrop,
                                      ignores):
         """create dirs that don't exist in dotdrop"""
+        self.log.dbg(f'_merge_dirs_create_left_only: {diff.left_only}')
         for toadd in diff.left_only:
             exist = os.path.join(left, toadd)
             if not os.path.isdir(exist):
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ class Updater:
                                       ignore_missing_in_dotdrop,
                                       ignores):
         """remove dirs that don't exist in deployed version"""
+        self.log.dbg(f'_merge_dirs_remove_right_only: {diff.right_only}')
         for toremove in diff.right_only:
             old = os.path.join(right, toremove)
             if not os.path.isdir(old):
@@ -333,6 +335,7 @@ class Updater:
 
         # handle files diff
         # sync files that exist in both but are different
+        self.log.dbg(f'_merge_dirs_remove_right_only: {diff.diff_files}')
         fdiff = diff.diff_files
         fdiff.extend(diff.funny_files)
         fdiff.extend(diff.common_funny)
@@ -354,6 +357,7 @@ class Updater:
                                    ignore_missing_in_dotdrop,
                                    ignores):
         """copy files that don't exist in dotdrop"""
+        self.log.dbg(f'_merge_dirs_copy_left_only: {diff.left_only}')
         for toadd in diff.left_only:
             exist = os.path.join(left, toadd)
             if os.path.isdir(exist):
@@ -379,6 +383,7 @@ class Updater:
 
     def _merge_dirs_remove_right_only_2(self, diff, right, ignores):
         """remove files that don't exist in deployed version"""
+        self.log.dbg(f'_merge_dirs_remove_right_only_2: {diff.right_only}')
         for toremove in diff.right_only:
             new = os.path.join(right, toremove)
             if not os.path.exists(new):
diff --git a/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh b/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh
index 73076d3..ae51a31 100755
--- a/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh
+++ b/tests-ng/update-negative-ignore-all-but.sh
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@ echo "[+] dst dir: ${tmpd}"
 
 # dotfiles in dotdrop
 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
+echo 'original' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile1
+echo 'original' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile2
+echo 'original' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile3
+echo 'original' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/c/acfile
+echo 'original' > "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/x/axfile
 
 # filesystem
 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" > "${tmpd}/a/x/axfile"
+echo "updated" > "${tmpd}/a/b/abfile1"
+echo "updated" > "${tmpd}/a/b/abfile2"
+echo "updated" > "${tmpd}/a/b/abfile3"
+echo "updated" > "${tmpd}/a/c/acfile"
+echo "updated" > "${tmpd}/a/d/adfile"
+echo "updated" > "${tmpd}/a/x/axfile"
 
 clear_on_exit "${basedir}"
 clear_on_exit "${tmpd}"
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ echo "[+] update"
 cd "${ddpath}" | ${bin} update -f -c "${cfg}" --verbose --profile=p1 --key d_abc
 
 # check files haven't been updated
-grep_or_fail a "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile1
-grep_or_fail a "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile2
-grep_or_fail a "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile3
-grep_or_fail b "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/c/acfile
+grep_or_fail "original" "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile1
+grep_or_fail "original" "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile2
+grep_or_fail "original" "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/b/abfile3
+grep_or_fail "updated" "${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 "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/x/axfile
+grep_or_fail "updated" "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/d/adfile
+grep_or_fail "original" "${basedir}"/dotfiles/a/x/axfile
 
 echo "OK"
 exit 0