diff --git a/lua/neo-tree/git/ignored.lua b/lua/neo-tree/git/ignored.lua
index f58fe6f9..b8c3cd87 100644
--- a/lua/neo-tree/git/ignored.lua
+++ b/lua/neo-tree/git/ignored.lua
@@ -48,38 +48,35 @@ local get_root_for_item = function(item)
 end
 
 M.mark_ignored = function(state, items)
-  local git_roots = {}
+  local folders = {}
+  log.trace("================================================================================")
+  log.trace("IGNORED: mark_ignore BEGIN...")
   for _, item in ipairs(items) do
-    local root = get_root_for_item(item)
-    if root then
-      if not git_roots[root] then
-        git_roots[root] = {}
+    local folder = utils.split_path(item.path)
+    if folder then
+      if not folders[folder] then
+        folders[folder] = {}
       end
-      table.insert(git_roots[root], item.path)
+      table.insert(folders[folder], item.path)
     end
   end
 
   local all_results = {}
-  for repo_root, repo_items in pairs(git_roots) do
-    local cmd = {"git", "-C", repo_root, "check-ignore"}
-    for _, item in ipairs(repo_items) do
+  for folder, folder_items in pairs(folders) do
+    local cmd = {"git", "-C", folder, "check-ignore"}
+    for _, item in ipairs(folder_items) do
       table.insert(cmd, item)
     end
+    log.trace("IGNORED: Running cmd: ", cmd)
     local result = vim.fn.systemlist(cmd)
     if vim.v.shell_error == 128 then
-      if type(result) == "table" then
-        if vim.startswith(result[1], "fatal:") then
-          -- These errors are all about not being in a repository
-          log.error("Error in git.mark_ignored: ", result[1])
-          result = {}
-        end
-      end
-      log.error("Failed to load ignored files for", state.path, ":", result)
+      log.debug("Failed to load ignored files for", state.path, ":", result)
       result = {}
     end
 
     --check-ignore does not indicate directories the same as 'status' so we need to
     --add the trailing slash to the path manually.
+    log.trace("IGNORED: Checking types of", #result, "items to see which ones are directories")
     for i, item in ipairs(result) do
       local stat = vim.loop.fs_stat(item)
       if stat and stat.type == "directory" then
@@ -89,14 +86,19 @@ M.mark_ignored = function(state, items)
     vim.list_extend(all_results, result)
   end
 
-
+  log.trace("IGNORED: Comparing results to mark items as ignored")
+  local ignored, not_ignored = 0, 0
   for _, item in ipairs(items) do
     if M.is_ignored(all_results, item.path, item.type) then
       item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
       item.filtered_by.gitignored = true
+      ignored = ignored + 1
+    else
+      not_ignored = not_ignored + 1
     end
   end
-
+  log.trace("IGNORED: mark_ignored is complete, ignored:", ignored, ", not ignored:", not_ignored)
+  log.trace("================================================================================")
   return all_results
 end
 
diff --git a/lua/neo-tree/git/utils.lua b/lua/neo-tree/git/utils.lua
index d856752b..7da24e8a 100644
--- a/lua/neo-tree/git/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/neo-tree/git/utils.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ M.get_repository_root = function(path)
     git_root = utils.windowize_path(git_root)
   end
 
-  log.trace("GIT ROOT is ", git_root)
+  log.trace("GIT ROOT for '", path, "' is '", git_root, "'")
   return git_root
 end