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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 5751603b13..53e7d5c914 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 -------- |