Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Andrew Berry <andrew@furrypaws.ca> writes:

> 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.
>
> As well, this corrects 'toplevel' to 'top-level', matching usage for
> 'top-level domain'.
>
> 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.

Sent a wrong/stale patch?