diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index 9ec2c7d..c00203d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 badEscape=Bad escape: {0}
 badGroupHeader=Bad group header
 badIgnorePattern=Cannot parse .gitignore pattern ''{0}''
+badIgnorePatternFull=File {0} line {1}: cannot parse pattern ''{2}'': {3}
 badObjectType=Bad object type: {0}
 badRef=Bad ref: {0}: {1}
 badSectionEntry=Bad section entry: {0}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java
index 8b35406..9dd565f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2014, Andrey Loskutov <loskutov@gmx.de> and others
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, 2021 Andrey Loskutov <loskutov@gmx.de> and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 	 */
 	public static final char PATH_SEPARATOR = '/';
 
-	private final IMatcher matcher;
+	private IMatcher matcher;
 
-	private final boolean inverse;
+	private boolean inverse;
 
-	private final boolean dirOnly;
+	private boolean dirOnly;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor for FastIgnoreRule
@@ -55,8 +55,23 @@
 	 *            (comment), this rule doesn't match anything.
 	 */
 	public FastIgnoreRule(String pattern) {
-		if (pattern == null)
+		this();
+		try {
+			parse(pattern);
+		} catch (InvalidPatternException e) {
+			LOG.error(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().badIgnorePattern,
+					e.getPattern()), e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	FastIgnoreRule() {
+		matcher = IMatcher.NO_MATCH;
+	}
+
+	void parse(String pattern) throws InvalidPatternException {
+		if (pattern == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Pattern must not be null!"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
 		if (pattern.length() == 0) {
 			dirOnly = false;
 			inverse = false;
@@ -93,17 +108,8 @@
 				return;
 			}
 		}
-		IMatcher m;
-		try {
-			m = PathMatcher.createPathMatcher(pattern,
-					Character.valueOf(PATH_SEPARATOR), dirOnly);
-		} catch (InvalidPatternException e) {
-			m = NO_MATCH;
-			LOG.error(MessageFormat.format(
-					JGitText.get().badIgnorePattern,
-					e.getPattern()), e);
-		}
-		this.matcher = m;
+		this.matcher = PathMatcher.createPathMatcher(pattern,
+				Character.valueOf(PATH_SEPARATOR), dirOnly);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java
index 1a1b2d3..4e7f126 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2010, Red Hat Inc. and others
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, 2021 Red Hat Inc. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.InvalidPatternException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Represents a bundle of ignore rules inherited from a base directory.
@@ -27,6 +32,9 @@
  * This class is not thread safe, it maintains state about the last match.
  */
 public class IgnoreNode {
+
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IgnoreNode.class);
+
 	/** Result from {@link IgnoreNode#isIgnored(String, boolean)}. */
 	public enum MatchResult {
 		/** The file is not ignored, due to a rule saying its not ignored. */
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@
 	 * Create an empty ignore node with no rules.
 	 */
 	public IgnoreNode() {
-		rules = new ArrayList<>();
+		this(new ArrayList<>());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -77,15 +85,47 @@
 	 *             Error thrown when reading an ignore file.
 	 */
 	public void parse(InputStream in) throws IOException {
+		parse(null, in);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse files according to gitignore standards.
+	 *
+	 * @param sourceName
+	 *            identifying the source of the stream
+	 * @param in
+	 *            input stream holding the standard ignore format. The caller is
+	 *            responsible for closing the stream.
+	 * @throws java.io.IOException
+	 *             Error thrown when reading an ignore file.
+	 * @since 5.11
+	 */
+	public void parse(String sourceName, InputStream in) throws IOException {
 		BufferedReader br = asReader(in);
 		String txt;
+		int lineNumber = 1;
 		while ((txt = br.readLine()) != null) {
 			if (txt.length() > 0 && !txt.startsWith("#") && !txt.equals("/")) { //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-				FastIgnoreRule rule = new FastIgnoreRule(txt);
+				FastIgnoreRule rule = new FastIgnoreRule();
+				try {
+					rule.parse(txt);
+				} catch (InvalidPatternException e) {
+					if (sourceName != null) {
+						LOG.error(MessageFormat.format(
+								JGitText.get().badIgnorePatternFull, sourceName,
+								Integer.toString(lineNumber), e.getPattern(),
+								e.getLocalizedMessage()), e);
+					} else {
+						LOG.error(MessageFormat.format(
+								JGitText.get().badIgnorePattern,
+								e.getPattern()), e);
+					}
+				}
 				if (!rule.isEmpty()) {
 					rules.add(rule);
 				}
 			}
+			lineNumber++;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index cf915af..9d215ca 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 	/***/ public String badEscape;
 	/***/ public String badGroupHeader;
 	/***/ public String badIgnorePattern;
+	/***/ public String badIgnorePatternFull;
 	/***/ public String badObjectType;
 	/***/ public String badRef;
 	/***/ public String badSectionEntry;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
index 6faf42b..55b7d62 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2010, Christian Halstrick <christian.halstrick@sap.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2010, Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn@sap.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2020, Robin Rosenberg and others
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2021, Robin Rosenberg and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
@@ -800,7 +800,10 @@
 			if (Constants.DOT_GIT.equals(name))
 				continue;
 			if (Constants.DOT_GIT_IGNORE.equals(name))
-				ignoreNode = new PerDirectoryIgnoreNode(e);
+				ignoreNode = new PerDirectoryIgnoreNode(
+						TreeWalk.pathOf(path, 0, pathOffset)
+								+ Constants.DOT_GIT_IGNORE,
+						e);
 			if (Constants.DOT_GIT_ATTRIBUTES.equals(name))
 				attributesNode = new PerDirectoryAttributesNode(e);
 			if (i != o)
@@ -1274,17 +1277,20 @@
 
 	/** Magic type indicating we know rules exist, but they aren't loaded. */
 	private static class PerDirectoryIgnoreNode extends IgnoreNode {
-		final Entry entry;
+		protected final Entry entry;
 
-		PerDirectoryIgnoreNode(Entry entry) {
+		private final String name;
+
+		PerDirectoryIgnoreNode(String name, Entry entry) {
 			super(Collections.<FastIgnoreRule> emptyList());
+			this.name = name;
 			this.entry = entry;
 		}
 
 		IgnoreNode load() throws IOException {
 			IgnoreNode r = new IgnoreNode();
 			try (InputStream in = entry.openInputStream()) {
-				r.parse(in);
+				r.parse(name, in);
 			}
 			return r.getRules().isEmpty() ? null : r;
 		}
@@ -1295,7 +1301,7 @@
 		final Repository repository;
 
 		RootIgnoreNode(Entry entry, Repository repository) {
-			super(entry);
+			super(entry != null ? entry.getName() : null, entry);
 			this.repository = repository;
 		}
 
@@ -1329,7 +1335,7 @@
 				throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
 			if (FS.DETECTED.exists(exclude)) {
 				try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(exclude)) {
-					r.parse(in);
+					r.parse(exclude.getAbsolutePath(), in);
 				}
 			}
 		}