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index 8734c1566c..473623d631 100644
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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
* Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
* Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration
- variable 'core.excludesfile'.
+ variable 'core.excludesFile'.
Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to
be used.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ be used.
* Patterns which a user wants Git to
ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
- `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
+ `core.excludesFile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or
empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first hash for patterns
that begin with a hash.
- - Trailing spaces are ignored unless they are quoted with backlash
+ - Trailing spaces are ignored unless they are quoted with backslash
("`\`").
- An optional prefix "`!`" which negates the pattern; any
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ 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'.
@@ -203,7 +200,6 @@ everything within `foo/bar`):
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rm[1],
-linkgit:git-update-index[1],
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5],
linkgit:git-check-ignore[1]