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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 1c94f08ff4..b5bc9dbff0 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ full pathname may have special meaning: - Other consecutive asterisks are considered regular asterisks and will match according to the previous rules. +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a +file containing patterns of file names to exclude, similar to +`$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to +those in `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`. + NOTES ----- |