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author | Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca> | 2021-07-06 20:57:12 (GMT) |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-07-07 00:20:02 (GMT) |
commit | e04170697a2848189492d53c7b3aab59c32d044f (patch) | |
tree | 826d1f8b0ef65b712b63e73fcb658757ed1ecc0e | |
parent | ebf3c04b262aa27fbb97f8a0156c2347fecafafb (diff) | |
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docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo
The current documentation reads as if .gitignore files will be parsed in
every parent directory, and not until they reach a repository boundary.
This clarifies the current behaviour.
As well, this corrects 'toplevel' to 'top-level', matching usage for
'top-level domain'.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 53e7d5c..f8a1fc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome): them. * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory - as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the - higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden - by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file. - These patterns match relative to the location of the - `.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such - `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for + as the path, or in any parent directory (up to the top-level of the working + tree), with patterns in the higher level files being overridden by those in + lower level files down to the directory containing the file. These patterns + match relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file. A project normally + includes such `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for files generated as part of the project build. * Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`. |