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For each pathname given via the command-line or from a file via
-`--stdin`, show the pattern from .gitignore (or other input files to
-the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or
-included. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier
-ones.
+`--stdin`, check whether the file is excluded by .gitignore (or other
+input files to the exclude mechanism) and output the path if it is
+excluded.
By default, tracked files are not shown at all since they are not
subject to exclude rules; but see `--no-index'.
-v, --verbose::
Also output details about the matching pattern (if any)
- for each given pathname.
+ for each given pathname. For precedence rules within and
+ between exclude sources, see linkgit:gitignore[5].
--stdin::
Read pathnames from the standard input, one per line,
linkgit:gitignore[5]
linkgit:gitconfig[5]
linkgit:git-ls-files[1]
+GIT_TRACE_EXCLUDE in linkgit:git[1]
GIT
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