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| author | Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> | 2014-12-04 16:23:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-12-04 12:16:04 -0800 |
| commit | 27234a2ef3815050f7df5bf6ad356580f845a3ea (patch) | |
| tree | 3c614e11c709dbbddc1a4122aee8f7ca5a682309 /Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt | |
| parent | 7fa1365c54c28b3cd9375539f381b54061a1880d (diff) | |
| download | git-27234a2ef3815050f7df5bf6ad356580f845a3ea.tar.gz | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
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:: |