From: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:14:51 GMT Subject: [PATCH 02/11] dir: add a usage note to exclude_per_dir Message-ID: <239b10e11812d99be587265c0a5e283da45ca315.1677143700.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Elijah Newren Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren --- dir.h | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h index 33fd848fc8d..2196e12630c 100644 --- a/dir.h +++ b/dir.h @@ -295,8 +295,12 @@ struct dir_struct { struct untracked_cache *untracked; /** - * The name of the file to be read in each directory for excluded files - * (typically `.gitignore`). + * Deprecated: ls-files is the only allowed caller; all other callers + * should leave this as NULL; it pre-dated the + * setup_standard_excludes() mechanism that replaces this. + * + * This field tracks the name of the file to be read in each directory + * for excluded files (typically `.gitignore`). */ const char *exclude_per_dir; -- gitgitgadget