Re: [PATCH 1/2] gitignore.txt: clarify default core.excludesfile path

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 27, 2018, 19:16 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqvaa4dopx.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180627044652.12080-1-tmz@pobox.com>

Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> writes:

> The default core.excludesfile path is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore.
> $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or unset,

... because $HOME/.config is the default value for XDG_CONFIG_HOME when it is unset, that is? If so, the change makes sense.

> as described later in the document.

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> Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitignore.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> index ff5d7f9ed6..d107daaffd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gitignore - Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore
>  
>  SYNOPSIS
>  --------
> -$HOME/.config/git/ignore, $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, .gitignore
> +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore, $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, .gitignore
>  
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------