[PATCH] docs: .gitignore in parents is current repo only

From: Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca>
Date: Jul 2, 2021, 22:20 UTC
Message-ID: <20210702222044.72767-1-andrew@furrypaws.ca>

The current documentation reads as if .gitignore files will be parsed in every parent directory, and not until they reach a repository boundary. This clarifies the current behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca>
---
 Documentation/gitignore.txt | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 53e7d5c914..534cda5747 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
    them.
 
  * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory
-   as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the
-   higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden
-   by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file.
-   These patterns match relative to the location of the
+   as the path, or in any parent directory in the same repository, with
+   patterns in the higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree)
+   being overridden by those in lower level files down to the directory
+   containing the file. These patterns match relative to the location of the
    `.gitignore` file.  A project normally includes such
    `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for
    files generated as part of the project build.

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2.31.1