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Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Docs: move core.excludesFile from git-add to gitignore

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 8, 2019, 00:17 UTC
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Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> writes:
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> There was a section on configuration mentioning core.excludesFile in
> git-add.txt. However, the core.excludesFile config variable is not
> exclusive to git-add. Move this description to gitignore.txt to be more
> generic.
> ---
I'll forge your sign-off and queue it like so.  Thanks.
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From: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 00:25:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: move core.excludesFile from git-add to gitignore

A section in "git add" documentation mentions core.excludesFile and explains how it works, but this is not specific to the command.

Move this description to gitignore.txt to be more generic.
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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 Documentation/git-add.txt   | 9 ---------
 Documentation/gitignore.txt | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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Message 12 of 13 in “update git-clean.txt”
  1. 0/1 update git-clean.txtDenton Liu, Mar 6, 2019
  2. 1/1 git-clean.txt: specify core.excludesFile variable is usedDenton Liu, Mar 6, 2019
  3. Martin ÅgrenMar 6, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2019
  5. 0/1 make git-clean.txt more preciseDenton Liu, Mar 7, 2019
  6. 1/1 git-clean.txt: clarify ignore pattern filesDenton Liu, Mar 7, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2019
  8. Martin ÅgrenMar 7, 2019
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2019
  10. 0/2 consolidate core.excludesFile docsDenton Liu, Mar 7, 2019
  11. 2/2 Docs: move core.excludesFile from git-add to gitignoreDenton Liu, Mar 7, 2019
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2019
  13. 1/2 git-clean.txt: clarify ignore pattern filesDenton Liu, Mar 7, 2019

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