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@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
core.excludesfile::
In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
- of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
+ of files which are not meant to be tracked. "~/" and "~user/"
+ are expanded to the specified user's home directory. See
linkgit:gitignore[5].
core.editor::
@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@ color.ui::
commit.template::
Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+ "~/" and "~user/" are expanded to the specified user's home directory.
diff.autorefreshindex::
When using 'git-diff' to compare with work tree