tree-diff: rework diff_tree() to generate diffs for multiparent cases as well
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-check-ignore.txt
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@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ OPTIONS
        not be possible to distinguish between paths which match a
        pattern and those which don't.
 
+--no-index::
+       Don't look in the index when undertaking the checks. This can
+       be used to debug why a path became tracked by e.g. `git add .`
+       and was not ignored by the rules as expected by the user or when
+       developing patterns including negation to match a path previously
+       added with `git add -f`.
+
 OUTPUT
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