# Does "git config --local core.excludefiles" exclude files in a single repository? 2 messages from 2012-06-29 to 2012-07-03. Participants: Matt Seitz (matseitz), Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30930 ## Matt Seitz (matseitz), 2012-06-29 18:11 Subject: Does "git config --local core.excludefiles" exclude files in a single repository? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/A0DB01D693D8EF439496BC8B037A0AEF02C738%40xmb-rcd-x15.cisco.com ``` Will git ignore files in an exclusion file that is specified in a local ($GIT_DIR/config) "core.excludefiles" configuration option? I mistakenly ran "git config core.excludefiles=", and I was curious whether this command actually has any effect. I know that "$GIT_DIR/info/exclude" is normally used for listing files that a single user wants exclude from a single repository. And I know that "git config --global core.excludefiles=" is normally used for listing files that a single user wants to exclude from all repositories. But I didn't see any explicit documentation for whether "git config core.excludefiles=" would exclude files for a single user in a single repository. ``` ## Jeff King, 2012-07-03 07:30 Subject: Re: Does "git config --local core.excludefiles" exclude files in a single repository? Message-ID: <20120703073016.GC16679@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120703073016.GC16679%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 06:11:06PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > Will git ignore files in an exclusion file that is specified in a > local ($GIT_DIR/config) "core.excludefiles" configuration option? Yes, git should treat it the same as if it were mentioned in $HOME/.gitconfig (modulo the correct spelling of "core.excludesfile"). It will override any core.excludesfile found in a system-level or user-level git config file. > I know that "$GIT_DIR/info/exclude" is normally used for listing files > that a single user wants exclude from a single repository. And I know > that "git config --global core.excludefiles=" is normally used > for listing files that a single user wants to exclude from all > repositories. But I didn't see any explicit documentation for whether > "git config core.excludefiles=" would exclude files for a single > user in a single repository. In general, git does not care about the exact source of config variables. Options in more specific files override less-specific ones, but there is no per-variable code that cares specifically about the location of core.excludesfile or any other option. -Peff ```