`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`.
The underlying git plumbing tools, such as
-'git-ls-files' and 'git-read-tree', read
+'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read
`gitignore` patterns specified by command-line options, or from
files specified by command-line options. Higher-level git
-tools, such as 'git-status' and 'git-add',
+tools, such as 'git status' and 'git add',
use patterns from the sources specified above.
Patterns have the following format: