diff options
| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-05-11 06:27:23 (GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-05-11 06:27:23 (GMT) |
| commit | 416449eaba1ebe48b1637d1f4b0e257604353373 (patch) | |
| tree | acdd7a65a7c6e162e1705ae3ceb0a8ed905c46e2 /Documentation/gitignore.txt | |
| parent | 1af57f5d321aeb95dbdbe48bdb2b0e1e37528323 (diff) | |
| parent | 8ff06de10c12ef1f796fcefb96166133965d510e (diff) | |
| download | git-416449eaba1ebe48b1637d1f4b0e257604353373.zip git-416449eaba1ebe48b1637d1f4b0e257604353373.tar.gz git-416449eaba1ebe48b1637d1f4b0e257604353373.tar.bz2 | |
Merge branch 'jk/symlinked-dotgitx-cleanup'
Various test and documentation updates about .gitsomething paths
that are symlinks.
* jk/symlinked-dotgitx-cleanup:
docs: document symlink restrictions for dot-files
fsck: warn about symlinked dotfiles we'll open with O_NOFOLLOW
t0060: test ntfs/hfs-obscured dotfiles
t7450: test .gitmodules symlink matching against obscured names
t7450: test verify_path() handling of gitmodules
t7415: rename to expand scope
fsck_tree(): wrap some long lines
fsck_tree(): fix shadowed variable
t7415: remove out-dated comment about translation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitignore.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 5751603..53e7d5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ not tracked by Git remain untracked. To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use 'git rm --cached'. +Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitignore` file in +the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is +accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem. + EXAMPLES -------- |