From: Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore in parents is current repo only
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 18:20:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210702222044.72767-1-andrew@furrypaws.ca> (raw)
The current documentation reads as if .gitignore files will be parsed in
every parent directory, and not until they reach a repository boundary.
This clarifies the current behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca>
---
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 53e7d5c914..534cda5747 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
them.
* Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory
- as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the
- higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden
- by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file.
- These patterns match relative to the location of the
+ as the path, or in any parent directory in the same repository, with
+ patterns in the higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree)
+ being overridden by those in lower level files down to the directory
+ containing the file. These patterns match relative to the location of the
`.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such
`.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for
files generated as part of the project build.
--
2.31.1
next reply other threads:[~2021-07-02 22:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-02 22:20 Andrew Berry [this message]
2021-07-03 0:06 ` [PATCH] docs: .gitignore in parents is current repo only Junio C Hamano
2021-07-03 0:21 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-05 17:30 ` Andrew Berry
2021-07-05 19:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-05 23:50 ` Andrew Berry
2021-07-06 16:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-06 20:54 ` [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo Andrew Berry
2021-07-06 20:57 ` Andrew Berry
2021-07-06 21:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-07 0:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-07 0:32 ` Andrew Berry
2021-07-07 1:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-18 14:12 ` Andrew Berry
2021-07-19 18:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-06 21:55 ` Junio C Hamano
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