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@@ -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