# [PATCHv2 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources 2 messages from 2012-09-18 to 2012-09-19. Participants: Philip Oakley, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31597 ## Philip Oakley, 2012-09-18 23:25 Subject: [PATCHv2 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Message-ID: <1348010734-664-6-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1348010734-664-6-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..96639e0 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 + 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. The underlying git plumbing tools, such as 'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read -- 1.7.8.msysgit.0 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2012-09-19 03:56 Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Message-ID: <7vmx0mis1v.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vmx0mis1v.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <1348010734-664-6-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> ``` Philip Oakley writes: > Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore > pattern sources. > > Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley Thanks. ```