[PATCH] Doc: Mention core.excludesFile in "man git-clean"
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Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
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- May 22, 2018, 07:48 UTC
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Add a reference to the configuration setting "core.excludesFile" to the man page for git-clean.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 03056dad0..449cbc2af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ OPTIONS -e <pattern>:: --exclude=<pattern>:: - In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and - $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the - set of the ignore rules in effect. + In addition to patterns found in any of .gitignore (per directory), + $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and the exclude file specified by the + configuration variable core.excludesFile, also consider these + patterns to be in the set of the ignore rules in effect. -x:: Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per - directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore + directory), $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and the exclude file specified + by core.excludesFile, but do still use the ignore rules given with `-e` options. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
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