* Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
* Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration
- variable 'core.excludesfile'.
+ variable 'core.excludesFile'.
Which file to place a pattern in depends on how the pattern is meant to
be used.
* 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
+ `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 directory part in the re-include rules must be literal (i.e. no
wildcards)
- - The rules to exclude the parent directory must not end with a
- trailing slash.
-
- - The rules to exclude the parent directory must have at least one
- slash.
-
EXAMPLES
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