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Re: as promised, docs: git for the confused

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 13, 2005, 05:19 UTC
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merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
> ...  I also don't see any direct support for .gitignore files
> in any of the plumbing.  Am I missing something there?
No, you are not missing anything.

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.

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  4. Randy.DunlapDec 9, 2005
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  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 12, 2005
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  10. Linus TorvaldsDec 12, 2005
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  19. Tip of the day: archaeologyJunio C Hamano, Dec 13, 2005
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  23. Everyday: some examples.Junio C Hamano, Dec 13, 2005
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