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@@ -1307,27 +1307,29 @@ including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>A pathspec that begins with a colon <code>:</code> has special meaning.  In the

 short form, the leading colon <code>:</code> is followed by zero or more "magic

 signature" letters (which optionally is terminated by another colon <code>:</code>),

-and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path. The optional

-colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be omitted if the pattern

-begins with a character that cannot be a "magic signature" and is not a

-colon.</p></div>

+and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path.

+The "magic signature" consists of ASCII symbols that are neither

+alphanumeric, glob, regex special charaters nor colon.

+The optional colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be

+omitted if the pattern begins with a character that does not belong to

+"magic signature" symbol set and is not a colon.</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>In the long form, the leading colon <code>:</code> is followed by a open

 parenthesis <code>(</code>, a comma-separated list of zero or more "magic words",

 and a close parentheses <code>)</code>, and the remainder is the pattern to match

 against the path.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>The "magic signature" consists of an ASCII symbol that is not

-alphanumeric.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form

+should not be combined with other pathspec.</p></div>

 <div class="openblock">

 <div class="content">

 <div class="dlist"><dl>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

-top <code>/</code>

+top

 </dt>

 <dd>

 <p>

-        The magic word <code>top</code> (mnemonic: <code>/</code>) makes the pattern match

-        from the root of the working tree, even when you are running

-        the command from inside a subdirectory.

+        The magic word <code>top</code> (magic signature: <code>/</code>) makes the pattern

+        match from the root of the working tree, even when you are

+        running the command from inside a subdirectory.

 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

@@ -1393,13 +1395,18 @@ Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.
 </li>

 </ul></div>

 </dd>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

+exclude

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+        After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run

+        through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: <code>!</code>). If it

+        matches, the path is ignored.

+</p>

+</dd>

 </dl></div>

 </div></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Currently only the slash <code>/</code> is recognized as the "magic signature",

-but it is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later

-versions of Git.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form

-should not be combined with other pathspec.</p></div>

 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

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