diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore.go
index 127f855c33..ac3d3cacc6 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/ignore.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func compilePattern(pattern string) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 	pattern = "^" + regexp.QuoteMeta(pattern) + "$"
 	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "\\?", ".", -1)
 	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "\\*", ".*", -1)
+	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "%", ".*", -1)
 	return regexp.Compile(pattern)
 }
 
@@ -118,12 +119,29 @@ func compilePattern(pattern string) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 // match pattern B, but not vice versa.)
 func getMoreSpecificPatterns(lessSpecific string) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 	pattern := "^" + regexp.QuoteMeta(lessSpecific) + "$"
-	// A ? can expand to any character except for a *, since that also has special meaning in patterns.
-	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "\\?", "[^\\*]", -1)
+	// A ? can expand to any character except for a * or %, since that also has special meaning in patterns.
+
+	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "\\?", "[^\\*%]", -1)
 	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "\\*", ".*", -1)
+	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "%", ".*", -1)
 	return regexp.Compile(pattern)
 }
 
+// normalizePattern generates an equivalent pattern, such that all equivalent patterns have the same normalized pattern.
+// It accomplishes this by replacing all * with %, and removing multiple adjacent %.
+// This will get a lot harder to implement once we support escaped characters in patterns.
+func normalizePattern(pattern string) string {
+	pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, "*", "%", -1)
+	for {
+		newPattern := strings.Replace(pattern, "%%", "%", -1)
+		if newPattern == pattern {
+			break
+		}
+		pattern = newPattern
+	}
+	return pattern
+}
+
 func resolveConflictingPatterns(trueMatches, falseMatches []string, tableName string) (IgnoreResult, error) {
 	trueMatchesToRemove := map[string]struct{}{}
 	falseMatchesToRemove := map[string]struct{}{}
@@ -133,6 +151,9 @@ func resolveConflictingPatterns(trueMatches, falseMatches []string, tableName st
 			return ErrorOccurred, err
 		}
 		for _, falseMatch := range falseMatches {
+			if normalizePattern(trueMatch) == normalizePattern(falseMatch) {
+				return IgnorePatternConflict, DoltIgnoreConflictError{Table: tableName, TruePatterns: []string{trueMatch}, FalsePatterns: []string{falseMatch}}
+			}
 			if trueMatchRegExp.MatchString(falseMatch) {
 				trueMatchesToRemove[trueMatch] = struct{}{}
 			}
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/ignore.bats b/integration-tests/bats/ignore.bats
index 26f68ccf19..f5a8396d4a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/ignore.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/ignore.bats
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ INSERT INTO dolt_ignore VALUES
   ("*_ignore", true),
   ("do_not_ignore", false),
 
+  ("%_ignore_too", true),
+
   ("commit_*", false),
   ("commit_me_not", true),
 
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ SQL
 
     dolt sql <<SQL
 CREATE TABLE please_ignore (pk int);
+CREATE TABLE please_ignore_too (pk int);
 CREATE TABLE do_not_ignore (pk int);
 CREATE TABLE commit_me (pk int);
 CREATE TABLE commit_me_not(pk int);
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ SQL
     staged=$(get_staged_tables)
 
     [[ ! -z $(echo "$ignored" | grep "please_ignore") ]] || false
+    [[ ! -z $(echo "$ignored" | grep "please_ignore_too") ]] || false
     [[ ! -z $(echo "$staged" | grep "do_not_ignore") ]] || false
     [[ ! -z $(echo "$staged" | grep "commit_me") ]] || false
     [[ ! -z $(echo "$ignored" | grep "commit_me_not") ]] || false
@@ -375,4 +379,27 @@ SQL
     echo "$output"
 
     [[ "$output" =~ "ignoreme" ]] || false
+}
+
+@test "ignore: detect when equivalent patterns have different values" {
+    skip_nbf_ld_1
+
+    dolt sql <<SQL
+INSERT INTO dolt_ignore VALUES
+  ("**_test", true),
+  ("*_test", false),
+
+  ("*_foo", true),
+  ("%_foo", false);
+CREATE TABLE a_test (pk int);
+CREATE TABLE a_foo (pk int);
+SQL
+
+    conflict=$(get_conflict_tables)
+
+    echo "$conflict"
+
+    [[ ! -z $(echo "$conflict" | grep "a_test") ]] || false
+    [[ ! -z $(echo "$conflict" | grep "a_foo") ]] || false
+
 }
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