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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/user-manual.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/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 4fabb8e2a..7eaafa80e 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1103,12 +1103,12 @@ showing up in the output of "`git status`", etc. Git therefore provides "exclude patterns" for telling git which files to actively ignore. Exclude patterns are thoroughly explained in the -"Exclude Patterns" section of the gitlink:git-ls-files[1] manual page, -but the heart of the concept is simply a list of files which git should -ignore. Entries in the list may contain globs to specify multiple files, -or may be prefixed by "`!`" to explicitly include (un-ignore) a previously -excluded (ignored) file (i.e. later exclude patterns override earlier ones). -The following example should illustrate such patterns: +gitlink:gitignore[5] manual page, but the heart of the concept is simply +a list of files which git should ignore. Entries in the list may contain +globs to specify multiple files, or may be prefixed by "`!`" to +explicitly include (un-ignore) a previously excluded (ignored) file +(i.e. later exclude patterns override earlier ones). The following +example should illustrate such patterns: ------------------------------------------------- # Lines starting with '#' are considered comments. |