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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 98c459dc82..8416f3445a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION A `gitignore` file specifies intentionally untracked files that git should ignore. -Note that all the `gitignore` files really concern only files -that are not already tracked by git; -in order to ignore uncommitted changes in already tracked files, -please refer to the 'git update-index --assume-unchanged' -documentation. +Files already tracked by git are not affected; see the NOTES +below for details. Each line in a `gitignore` file specifies a pattern. When deciding whether to ignore a path, git normally checks @@ -62,7 +59,8 @@ files specified by command-line options. Higher-level git tools, such as 'git status' and 'git add', use patterns from the sources specified above. -Patterns have the following format: +PATTERN FORMAT +-------------- - A blank line matches no files, so it can serve as a separator for readability. @@ -83,18 +81,35 @@ Patterns have the following format: - If the pattern does not contain a slash '/', git treats it as a shell glob pattern and checks for a match against the - pathname without leading directories. + pathname relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file + (relative to the toplevel of the work tree if not from a + `.gitignore` file). - Otherwise, git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME flag: wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname. - For example, "Documentation/\*.html" matches - "Documentation/git.html" but not - "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html". A leading slash matches the - beginning of the pathname; for example, "/*.c" matches - "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c". + For example, "Documentation/{asterisk}.html" matches + "Documentation/git.html" but not "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html" + or "tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html". -An example: + - A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. + For example, "/{asterisk}.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not + "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c". + +NOTES +----- + +The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files +not tracked by git remain untracked. + +To ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked, +use 'git update-index {litdd}assume-unchanged'. + +To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use +'git rm --cached'. + +EXAMPLES +-------- -------------------------------------------------------------- $ git status @@ -136,6 +151,11 @@ Another example: The second .gitignore prevents git from ignoring `arch/foo/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S`. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-rm[1], linkgit:git-update-index[1], +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] + Documentation ------------- Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, |