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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt index ee2e091704..e35cd0489b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or included. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier ones. +By default, tracked files are not shown at all since they are not +subject to exclude rules; but see `--no-index'. + OPTIONS ------- -q, --quiet:: @@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ matching pattern, <source> is the pattern's source file, and <linenum> is the line number of the pattern within that source. If the pattern contained a `!` prefix or `/` suffix, it will be preserved in the output. <source> will be an absolute path when referring to the file -configured by `core.excludesfile`, or relative to the repository root +configured by `core.excludesFile`, or relative to the repository root when referring to `.git/info/exclude` or a per-directory exclude file. If `-z` is specified, the pathnames in the output are delimited by the |