Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.8.5.2-192-g7794

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 An optional prefix "<code>!</code>" which negates the pattern; any

    matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become

-   included again.  If a negated pattern matches, this will

-   override lower precedence patterns sources.

+   included again. It is not possible to re-include a file if a parent

+   directory of that file is excluded. Git doesn&#8217;t list excluded

+   directories for performance reasons, so any patterns on contained

+   files have no effect, no matter where they are defined.

    Put a backslash ("<code>\</code>") in front of the first "<code>!</code>" for patterns

    that begin with a literal "<code>!</code>", for example, "<code>\!important!.txt</code>".

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@@ -979,6 +981,18 @@ use <em>git update-index &#45;&#45;assume-unchanged</em>.</p></div>
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 <div class="paragraph"><p>The second .gitignore prevents Git from ignoring

 <code>arch/foo/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S</code>.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Example to exclude everything except a specific directory <code>foo/bar</code>

+(note the <code>/*</code> - without the slash, the wildcard would also exclude

+everything within <code>foo/bar</code>):</p></div>

+<div class="listingblock">

+<div class="content">

+<pre><code>    $ cat .gitignore

+    # exclude everything except directory foo/bar

+    /*

+    !/foo

+    /foo/*

+    !/foo/bar</code></pre>

+</div></div>

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@@ -1000,7 +1014,7 @@ use <em>git update-index &#45;&#45;assume-unchanged</em>.</p></div>
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-Last updated 2013-11-07 16:30:38 PST

+Last updated 2013-12-17 15:53:46 PST

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