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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 23 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index f65a8cd..d08c7da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ OPTIONS --exclude-per-directory=<file>:: Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the - directory and its subdirectories in <file>. Deprecated; use - --exclude-standard instead. + directory and its subdirectories in <file>. If you are + trying to emulate the way Porcelain commands work, using + the `--exclude-standard` option instead is easier and more + thorough. --exclude-standard:: Add the standard Git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore @@ -298,9 +300,8 @@ traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5] specifies the format of exclude patterns. -Generally, you should just use --exclude-standard, but for historical -reasons the exclude patterns can be specified from the following -places, in order: +These exclude patterns can be specified from the following places, +in order: 1. The command-line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order @@ -322,6 +323,18 @@ top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the pattern file appears in. +Generally, you should be able to use `--exclude-standard` when you +want the exclude rules applied the same way as what Porcelain +commands do. To emulate what `--exclude-standard` specifies, you +can give `--exclude-per-directory=.gitignore`, and then specify: + + 1. The file specified by the `core.excludesfile` configuration + variable, if exists, or the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore` file. + + 2. The `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file. + +via the `--exclude-from=` option. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5] |