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[PATCH 0/2] Improve gitignore documentation wrt excluded directories

From
Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2013, 16:30 UTC
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<527BC00D.8000501@gmail.com>

Also here: https://github.com/kblees/git/commits/kb/gitignore-doc

These two patches were the result of a discussion mid-october [1] that I almost forgot about...now including an example as suggested by Jeff.
[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/235753/focus=235856
Karsten Blees (2):
  gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns
  gitignore.txt: clarify recursive nature of excluded directories
 Documentation/gitignore.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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1.8.4.msysgit.0.12.g88f5ed0
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  1. 0/2 Improve gitignore documentation wrt excluded directoriesKarsten Blees, Nov 7, 2013
  2. 1/2 gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patternsKarsten Blees, Nov 7, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2013
  4. 2/2 gitignore.txt: clarify recursive nature of excluded directoriesKarsten Blees, Nov 7, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2013
  7. Jeff KingNov 7, 2013
  8. Karsten BleesNov 7, 2013
  9. Jeff KingNov 7, 2013
  10. 2/2 gitignore.txt: clarify recursive nature of excluded directoriesKarsten Blees, Nov 7, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2013

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