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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt index 944fc39fac..9d3e3527e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt @@ -67,11 +67,13 @@ marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first. * Prepare `struct dir_struct dir` and clear it with `memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir))`. -* Call `add_exclude()` to add single exclude pattern, - `add_excludes_from_file()` to add patterns from a file - (e.g. `.git/info/exclude`), and/or set `dir.exclude_per_dir`. A - short-hand function `setup_standard_excludes()` can be used to set up - the standard set of exclude settings. +* To add single exclude pattern, call `add_exclude_list()` and then + `add_exclude()`. + +* To add patterns from a file (e.g. `.git/info/exclude`), call + `add_excludes_from_file()` , and/or set `dir.exclude_per_dir`. A + short-hand function `setup_standard_excludes()` can be used to set + up the standard set of exclude settings. * Set options described in the Data Structure section above. @@ -79,4 +81,6 @@ marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first. * Use `dir.entries[]`. +* Call `clear_directory()` when none of the contained elements are no longer in use. + (JC) |