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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 53e7d5c914..f2738b10db 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome): them. * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory - as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the - higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden - by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file. - These patterns match relative to the location of the - `.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such - `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for + as the path, or in any parent directory (up to the top-level of the working + tree), with patterns in the higher level files being overridden by those in + lower level files down to the directory containing the file. These patterns + match relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file. A project normally + includes such `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for files generated as part of the project build. * Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`. @@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem. EXAMPLES -------- - - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or folder + - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or directory whose name begins with `hello.`. If one wants to restrict this only to the directory and not in its subdirectories, one can prepend the pattern with a slash, i.e. `/hello.*`; |