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authorPhilip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>2012-09-19 00:25:31 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-09-18 21:47:45 -0700
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Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources
Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore pattern sources. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -41,18 +41,24 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
variable 'core.excludesfile'.
Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to
-be used. Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to
-other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want
-to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file. Patterns which are
-specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared
-with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside
-the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
-the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file. Patterns which a user wants git to
-ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
-the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
-`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty,
-$HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
+be used.
+
+ * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to
+ other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want
+ to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file.
+
+ * Patterns which are
+ specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared
+ with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside
+ the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
+ the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.
+
+ * Patterns which a user wants git to
+ ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
+ the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
+ `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
+ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or
+ empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
The underlying git plumbing tools, such as
'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read