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| author | Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> | 2007-06-02 10:08:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-06-02 11:59:19 -0700 |
| commit | cedb8d5d33e6496cfc70493db841b3db886e8658 (patch) | |
| tree | cc4c8f97331a4f99e0eedd87579ea835d8fd248e /Documentation/git-status.txt | |
| parent | 4159c5781303bb24d82be69b6a5de92d51d8d4f0 (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/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index d7015387b..1fd1af102 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables to colorize its output. -As for gitlink:git-add[1], the configuration variable -'core.excludesfile' can indicate a path to a file containing patterns -of file names to exclude, in addition to patterns given in -'info/exclude' and '.gitignore'. - +See Also +-------- +gitlink:gitignore[5] Author ------ |