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| author | Shreyansh Paliwal <shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com> | 2026-03-28 20:51:58 +0530 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-03-28 11:41:59 -0700 |
| commit | 0f0ce0762503cb8f58a3ce07052a639e36e07ed5 (patch) | |
| tree | f63695521ec28bcab216c022d4f65612e0393598 /Documentation | |
| parent | 9a2fb147f2c61d0cab52c883e7e26f5b7948e3ed (diff) | |
| download | git-0f0ce0762503cb8f58a3ce07052a639e36e07ed5.tar.xz | |
doc: gitignore: clarify pattern base for info/exclude and core.excludesFile
The pattern format section describes how patterns are interpreted
relative to the location of a .gitignore file, but does not mention
the behavior for exclude sources outside the working tree.
Clarify that patterns from $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and core.excludesFile
are treated as if they are specified at the root of the working tree,
so a leading '/' anchors matches at the repository root.
Reported-by: Dan Drake <dan@dandrake.org>
Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Paliwal <shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.adoc | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.adoc b/Documentation/gitignore.adoc index 9fccab4ae8..a3d24e5c34 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.adoc +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.adoc @@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ PATTERN FORMAT particular `.gitignore` file itself. Otherwise the pattern may also match at any level below the `.gitignore` level. + - Patterns read from exclude sources that are outside the working tree, + such as $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and core.excludesFile, are treated as if + they are specified at the root of the working tree, i.e. a leading "/" + in such patterns anchors the match at the root of the repository. + - If there is a separator at the end of the pattern then the pattern will only match directories, otherwise the pattern can match both files and directories. |