From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:55:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20210706205439.75015-1-andrew@furrypaws.ca> Andrew Berry writes: > The current documentation reads as if .gitignore files will be parsed in > every parent directory, and not until they reach a repository boundary. > This clarifies the current behaviour. > > As well, this corrects 'toplevel' to 'top-level', matching usage for > 'top-level domain'. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Berry > --- > Documentation/gitignore.txt | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt > index 53e7d5c914..534cda5747 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt > @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome): > them. > > * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory > - as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the > - higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden > - by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file. > - These patterns match relative to the location of the > + as the path, or in any parent directory in the same repository, with > + patterns in the higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) > + being overridden by those in lower level files down to the directory > + containing the file. These patterns match relative to the location of the > `.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such > `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for > files generated as part of the project build. Sent a wrong/stale patch?