[PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo
From: Andrew Berry <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-06 20:57:58
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2021-07-19 · Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
- 2021-07-18 · Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo · Andrew Berry <hidden>
- 2021-07-07 · Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
- 2021-07-07 · Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo · Andrew Berry <hidden>
- 2021-07-07 · Re: [PATCH] docs: .gitignore parsing is to the top of the repo · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
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 <redacted> --- Documentation/gitignore.txt | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 53e7d5c914..af8f231cc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ 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 - `.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such - `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for + as the path, or in any parent directory (up to the top-level of the work + tree), with patterns in the higher level files 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. * Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
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