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Documentation about exclude/ignore files

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Use .git/info/exclude in the example in git-ls-files.txt,
instead of .git/ignore, and update the list of commands looking
at .git/info/exclude in repository-layout.txt.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Matthias Lederhofer 2006-07-12 21:54:51 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ An exclude pattern is of the following format:
An example: An example:
-------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
$ cat .git/ignore $ cat .git/info/exclude
# ignore objects and archives, anywhere in the tree. # ignore objects and archives, anywhere in the tree.
*.[oa] *.[oa]
$ cat Documentation/.gitignore $ cat Documentation/.gitignore
@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ An example:
!foo.html !foo.html
$ git-ls-files --ignored \ $ git-ls-files --ignored \
--exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \ --exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \
--exclude-from=.git/ignore \ --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude \
--exclude-per-directory=.gitignore --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore
-------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------

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@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ info/grafts::
info/exclude:: info/exclude::
This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the
exclude pattern list. `git status` looks at it, but exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory
otherwise it is not looked at by any of the core git ignore file. `git status`, `git add`, `git rm` and `git
commands. clean` look at it but the core git commands do not look
at it. See also: gitlink:git-ls-files[1] `--exclude-from`
and `--exclude-per-directory`.
remotes:: remotes::
Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default