[PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources

Philip Oakley· Sep 16, 2012, 10:58 UTC · lore

Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore pattern sources.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>

Show changes to Documentation/gitignore.txt +18 −12

diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index c1f692a..1a585e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -41,18 +41,24 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
    variable 'core.excludesfile'.
 
 Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to
-be used. Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to
-other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want
-to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file. Patterns which are
-specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared
-with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside
-the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
-the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.  Patterns which a user wants git to
-ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
-the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
-`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty,
-$HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
+be used.
+
+ * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to
+   other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want
+   to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file.
+
+ * Patterns which are
+   specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared
+   with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside
+   the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
+   the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.
+
+ * Patterns which a user wants git to
+   gnore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
+   the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
+   `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
+   $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or
+   empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
 
 The underlying git plumbing tools, such as
 'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read

-- 
1.7.8.msysgit.0

Matthieu Moy· Sep 16, 2012, 12:03 UTC · re: Philip Oakley · lore

Re: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources

Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:

> + * Patterns which a user wants git to
> +   gnore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by

to _i_gnore (missing i).

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

Philip Oakley· Sep 16, 2012, 14:57 UTC · re: Matthieu Moy · lore

Re: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources

On 16/09/12 13:03, Matthieu Moy wrote:

Show 6 quoted lines

> Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
>
>> + * Patterns which a user wants git to
>> +   gnore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
> to _i_gnore (missing i).
>

Noted. Will correct. Philip (from new m/c so hopefully properly formatted)

patch, 8 partsDoc: separate gitignore pattern sources