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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Mar 7, 2019, 00:38 UTC
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Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> writes:
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> But on the topic of preferring shorter, I sort of wonder if we really
> need to provide all of those filenames here. The point we're trying to
> make is that we consider another source. So something like this would be
> just as technically correct, I think:
>
>   Use the given exclude pattern in addition to those found in .gitignore
>   and similar files (see linkgit:gitignore[5]).

Yes. Unless we devise some mechanism to prevent these text that list the places exclusion list are read from spread across the documentation set, saying "found in usual places (see $there)" and making sure we have the authoritative single place up-to-date is a good approach.

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Message 4 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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