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Re: How can I tell if a file is ignored by git?

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Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 9, 2010, 04:10 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 21:04, Eric Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> wrote:
> I'm planning some work on Emacs VC mode.
>
> I need a command I can run on a path to tell if it's ignored by git.
What about a variant of:
    git ls-files -i -o --exclude-standard
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