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authorMichael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2014-12-04 16:23:05 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-12-04 12:16:04 -0800
commit27234a2ef3815050f7df5bf6ad356580f845a3ea (patch)
tree3c614e11c709dbbddc1a4122aee8f7ca5a682309
parent7fa1365c54c28b3cd9375539f381b54061a1880d (diff)
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check-ignore: clarify treatment of tracked filesmg/doc-check-ignore-tracked-are-not-ignored
By default, check-ignore does not list tracked files at all since they are not subject to ignore patterns. Make this clearer in the man page. Reported-by: Guilherme <guibufolo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
index ee2e091704..788a011580 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or
included. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier
ones.
+By default, tracked files are not shown at all since they are not
+subject to exclude rules; but see `--no-index'.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-q, --quiet::