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Re: as promised, docs: git for the confused

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Dec 13, 2005, 08:01 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
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> The only Plumbing support is that ls-files takes --exclude-from=
> and --exclude-per-directory= options.  It is up to the Porcelain
> layer what names to use.
>
> We agreed upon a convention to use .gitignore as per-directory
> and .git/info/exclude (I think this came from existing practice
> by Cogito back then) as the tree-wide fallback, when these two
> flags were introduced to ls-files, for interoperability across
> Porcelains.

... and as Linus pointed out already, the barebone Porcelain-ish that ship with git follows that convention as well.

Now those commands are not Porcelain, so please do not call them with any bathroom fixture names ;-).

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Message 17 of 28 in “Re: as promised, docs: git for the confused”
  1. linux@horizon.comDec 9, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisDec 9, 2005
  3. linux@horizon.comDec 9, 2005
  4. Randy.DunlapDec 9, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2005
  6. linux@horizon.comDec 9, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 12, 2005
  9. Timo HirvonenDec 12, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsDec 12, 2005
  11. Randal L. SchwartzDec 12, 2005
  12. Joshua N PritikinDec 13, 2005
  13. Randal L. SchwartzDec 13, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2005
  15. Linus TorvaldsDec 13, 2005
  16. H. Peter AnvinDec 13, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2005
  18. Randal L. SchwartzDec 13, 2005
  19. Tip of the day: archaeologyJunio C Hamano, Dec 13, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsDec 13, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2005
  23. Everyday: some examples.Junio C Hamano, Dec 13, 2005
  24. Petr BaudisDec 9, 2005
  25. linux@horizon.comDec 9, 2005
  26. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2005
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2005
  28. linux@horizon.comDec 10, 2005

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