[PATCH 1/1] git-clean.txt: specify core.excludesFile variable is used

From

Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>

Date

Mar 6, 2019, 10:42 UTC

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<f8bc322cc5727d9cf45037f4231f88956f07b7f3.1551868745.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

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<cover.1551868745.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

Explicitly mention that variable so that the list is exhaustive.

Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-clean.txt | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index 03056dad0d..c6023b742c 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
+	In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory),
+	$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, and the `core.excludesFile` variable, 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 `core.excludesFile`
+	variable, 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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