# [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources 3 messages from 2012-09-16 to 2012-09-16. Participants: Philip Oakley, Matthieu Moy. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31548 ## Philip Oakley, 2012-09-16 10:58 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Message-ID: <1347793083-4136-6-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1347793083-4136-6-git-send-email-philipoakley%40iee.org ``` Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore pattern sources. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley 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, 2012-09-16 12:03 Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/vpqzk4qyy2l.fsf%40grenoble-inp.fr In-Reply-To: <1347793083-4136-6-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> ``` Philip Oakley 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, 2012-09-16 14:57 Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Message-ID: <5055E8CE.9070109@iee.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5055E8CE.9070109%40iee.org In-Reply-To: ``` On 16/09/12 13:03, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Philip Oakley 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) ```