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Re: gitignore vs. exclude vs assume-unchanged?

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 16, 2014, 23:45 UTC
Message-ID
<20140416234555.GA4309@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<dee7ee673c8c4d81fb5aaecea25e9709@bellandwhistle.net>
Hi,
alex@bellandwhistle.net wrote:
> In particular, 'exclude' is spottily documented.

Where did you expect to read about it? I see some mention of .git/info/exclude in the gitignore(5) page, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's room for improvement there (improvements welcome).

>                                                  I realize the docs
> are structured strictly as an API reference,

No, the docs are meant to be helpful, not just to confirm what people already know. ;-)

Thanks, Jonathan

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