From: Ryan Jacobs Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:12:25 GMT Subject: Re: Fwd: Add git ignore as builtin Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Alberto Fanjul Alonso gmail.com> writes: > git ignore adds to .git/info/exclude This should be "git exclude" not "git ignore". Difference between the two: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10066749/git- excludes-vs-ignores I'd second the notion of a "git ignore", however it would have to modify the `.gitignore` not `.git/info/exclude`.