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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index c1f692a71e..14ade3e6a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ PATTERN FORMAT for readability. - A line starting with # serves as a comment. + Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first hash for patterns + that begin with a hash. - - An optional prefix '!' which negates the pattern; any + - An optional prefix "`!`" which negates the pattern; any matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence patterns sources. + Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns + that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`". - If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the purpose of the following description, but it would only find |