Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.5-rc1-22-g17689

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@@ -314,6 +314,17 @@ Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration
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+<p>Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to

+be used. Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to

+other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want

+to ignore) should go into a <tt>.gitignore</tt> file. Patterns which are

+specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared

+with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside

+the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into

+the <tt>$GIT_DIR/info/exclude</tt> file.  Patterns which a user wants git to

+ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by

+the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by

+<tt>core.excludesfile</tt> in the user's <tt>~/.gitconfig</tt>.</p>

 <p>The underlying git plumbing tools, such as

 <a href="git-ls-files.html">git-ls-files(1)</a> and <a href="git-read-tree.html">git-read-tree(1)</a>, read

 <tt>gitignore</tt> patterns specified by command-line options, or from

@@ -422,7 +433,7 @@ Frank Lichtenheld, and the git-list &lt;git@vger.kernel.org&gt;.</p>
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-Last updated 17-Feb-2008 03:50:09 UTC

+Last updated 27-Mar-2008 23:49:28 UTC

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