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| author | Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> | 2007-06-02 19:08:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-06-02 20:59:19 +0200 |
| commit | cedb8d5d33e6496cfc70493db841b3db886e8658 (patch) | |
| tree | cc4c8f97331a4f99e0eedd87579ea835d8fd248e /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | Documentation: robustify asciidoc GIT_VERSION replacement (diff) | |
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Create a new manpage for the gitignore format, and reference it elsewhere
Only git-ls-files(1) describes the gitignore format in detail, and it does so
with reference to git-ls-files options. Most users don't use the plumbing
command git-ls-files directly, and shouldn't have to look in its manpage for
information on the gitignore format.
Create a new manpage gitignore(5) (Documentation/gitignore.txt), and factor
out the gitignore documentation into that file, changing it to refer to
.gitignore and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude as used by porcelain commands. Reference
gitignore(5) from other relevant manpages and documentation. Remove
now-redundant information on exclude patterns from git-ls-files(1), leaving
only information on how git-ls-files options specify exclude patterns and what
precedence they have.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index fdb71de9f6..7d9afe20f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. core.excludeFile:: In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns - of files which are not meant to be tracked. + of files which are not meant to be tracked. See + gitlink:gitignore[5]. alias.*:: Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. |