# [PATCHv2 6/8] Doc add: link gitignore

2 messages from 2012-09-18 to 2012-09-19. Participants: Philip Oakley, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31595

## Philip Oakley, 2012-09-18 23:25

Subject: [PATCHv2 6/8] Doc add: link gitignore
Message-ID: <1348010734-664-7-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1348010734-664-7-git-send-email-philipoakley%40iee.org

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Use a gitignore link rather than the gitrepository-
layout link.

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 9c1d395..fd9e36b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Configuration
 The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a
 file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
 $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.  Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
+those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
 
 EXAMPLES
-- 
1.7.8.msysgit.0

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-09-19 03:57

Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 6/8] Doc add: link gitignore
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URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vipbais0y.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <1348010734-664-7-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org>

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:

> Use a gitignore link rather than the gitrepository-
> layout link.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>

Thanks.

```
