Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore in parents is current repo only
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Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jul 3, 2021, 00:21 UTC
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- <20210702222044.72767-1-andrew@furrypaws.ca>
On 03/07/21 05.20, Andrew Berry wrote:
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> * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory > - as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the > - higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden > - by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file. > - These patterns match relative to the location of the > + as the path, or in any parent directory in the same repository, with > + patterns in the higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) > + being overridden by those in lower level files down to the directory > + containing the file. These patterns match relative to the location of the
So for example I have `something/foo` in ../.gitignore, but .gitignore (in current directory `something`) has `foo`. Is .gitignore from current directory or ../.gitignore takes effect?
Also s/toplevel/top level/
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