* [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources
@ 2012-09-16 10:58 Philip Oakley
2012-09-16 12:03 ` Matthieu Moy
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From: Philip Oakley @ 2012-09-16 10:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gitList
Use separate bulleted paragraphs for the three different gitignore
pattern sources.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index c1f692a..1a585e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -41,18 +41,24 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
variable 'core.excludesfile'.
Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to
-be used. Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to
-other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want
-to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file. Patterns which are
-specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared
-with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside
-the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
-the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file. Patterns which a user wants git to
-ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
-the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
-`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty,
-$HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
+be used.
+
+ * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to
+ other repositories via clone (i.e., files that all developers will want
+ to ignore) should go into a `.gitignore` file.
+
+ * Patterns which are
+ specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared
+ with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live inside
+ the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
+ the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.
+
+ * Patterns which a user wants git to
+ gnore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
+ the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
+ `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
+ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or
+ empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.
The underlying git plumbing tools, such as
'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read
--
1.7.8.msysgit.0
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* Re: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources
2012-09-16 10:58 [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Philip Oakley
@ 2012-09-16 12:03 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-09-16 14:57 ` Philip Oakley
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From: Matthieu Moy @ 2012-09-16 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Philip Oakley; +Cc: gitList
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
> + * Patterns which a user wants git to
> + gnore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
to _i_gnore (missing i).
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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* Re: [PATCH 5/8] Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources
2012-09-16 12:03 ` Matthieu Moy
@ 2012-09-16 14:57 ` Philip Oakley
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From: Philip Oakley @ 2012-09-16 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Matthieu Moy; +Cc: gitList
On 16/09/12 13:03, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
>
>> + * Patterns which a user wants git to
>> + gnore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
> to _i_gnore (missing i).
>
Noted. Will correct.
Philip
(from new m/c so hopefully properly formatted)
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