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diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index f2738b10db..5e0964ef41 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ PATTERN FORMAT Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`". - - The slash '/' is used as the directory separator. Separators may + - The slash "`/`" is used as the directory separator. Separators may occur at the beginning, middle or end of the `.gitignore` search pattern. - If there is a separator at the beginning or middle (or both) of the @@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files not tracked by Git remain untracked. To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use -'git rm --cached'. +'git rm --cached' to remove the file from the index. The filename +can then be added to the `.gitignore` file to stop the file from +being reintroduced in later commits. Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitignore` file in the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is @@ -172,10 +174,10 @@ EXAMPLES is not relevant if there is already a middle slash in the pattern. - - The pattern "foo/*", matches "foo/test.json" - (a regular file), "foo/bar" (a directory), but it does not match - "foo/bar/hello.c" (a regular file), as the asterisk in the - pattern does not match "bar/hello.c" which has a slash in it. + - The pattern `foo/*`, matches `foo/test.json` + (a regular file), `foo/bar` (a directory), but it does not match + `foo/bar/hello.c` (a regular file), as the asterisk in the + pattern does not match `bar/hello.c` which has a slash in it. -------------------------------------------------------------- $ git status |