{"thread":{"id":"31597","subject":"[PATCHv2 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources","startedAt":"2012-09-18T23:25:31Z","lastAt":"2012-09-19T03:56:44Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Philip Oakley","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"199429","messageId":"1348010734-664-6-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org","threadId":"31597","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCHv2 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2012-09-18T23:25:31Z","receivedAt":"2012-09-18T23:25:31Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore\npattern sources.\n\nSigned-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt\nindex c1f692a..96639e0 100644\n--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt\n@@ -41,18 +41,24 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):\n    variable 'core.excludesfile'.\n \n Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to\n-be used. Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to\n-other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want\n-to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file. Patterns which are\n-specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared\n-with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside\n-the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into\n-the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.  Patterns which a user wants git to\n-ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by\n-the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by\n-`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is\n-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty,\n-$HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.\n+be used.\n+\n+ * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to\n+   other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want\n+   to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file.\n+\n+ * Patterns which are\n+   specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared\n+   with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside\n+   the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into\n+   the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.\n+\n+ * Patterns which a user wants git to\n+   ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by\n+   the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by\n+   `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is\n+   $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or\n+   empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.\n \n The underlying git plumbing tools, such as\n 'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read\n-- \n1.7.8.msysgit.0\n"},{"id":"199440","messageId":"7vmx0mis1v.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"31597","inReplyTo":"1348010734-664-6-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org","subject":"Re: [PATCHv2 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2012-09-19T03:56:44Z","receivedAt":"2012-09-19T03:56:44Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:\n\n> Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore\n> pattern sources.\n>\n> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>\n\nThanks.\n"}]}