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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 96af8977f6..e33b29b1dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1136,10 +1136,10 @@ Ignoring files A project will often generate files that you do 'not' want to track with git. This typically includes files generated by a build process or temporary backup files made by your editor. Of course, 'not' tracking files with git -is just a matter of 'not' calling "`git-add`" on them. But it quickly becomes +is just a matter of 'not' calling `git-add` on them. But it quickly becomes annoying to have these untracked files lying around; e.g. they make -"`git add .`" practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of -"`git status`". +`git add .` practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of +`git status`. You can tell git to ignore certain files by creating a file called .gitignore in the top level of your working directory, with contents such as: |