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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-04-06 15:42:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-04-06 15:42:50 -0700 |
| commit | e44fbc2afa6970f08bdce307f0d52b880d4decaa (patch) | |
| tree | 48f9a8790befc5f54e54644d12716fcdf30ca2c2 /Documentation | |
| parent | 039888f2fc0279a7860587ef0524fc112f8fcd9a (diff) | |
| parent | 0f0ce0762503cb8f58a3ce07052a639e36e07ed5 (diff) | |
| download | git-e44fbc2afa6970f08bdce307f0d52b880d4decaa.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'sp/doc-gitignore-oowt'
Doc update.
* sp/doc-gitignore-oowt:
doc: gitignore: clarify pattern base for info/exclude and core.excludesFile
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. |