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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-09-25 12:08:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-09-25 12:08:44 -0700 |
| commit | 4f07aeca5786f644177419a0a3f2157d3e835277 (patch) | |
| tree | dca692b73f7089755cc507c7c6833b824d262a1a /gitignore.txt | |
| parent | 0acb1ae530fa409f7ce96eb216e0a690b0f7900e (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-4f07aeca5786f644177419a0a3f2157d3e835277.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.12.1-428-g652398
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diff --git a/gitignore.txt b/gitignore.txt index c1f692a71..96639e02b 100644 --- a/gitignore.txt +++ b/gitignore.txt @@ -41,18 +41,24 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome): variable 'core.excludesfile'. 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 `.gitignore` 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 `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file. Patterns which a user wants git to -ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by -the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by -`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is -$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, -$HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead. +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 `.gitignore` 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 `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` 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 + `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is + $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or + empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead. The underlying git plumbing tools, such as 'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read |