An example:
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- $ cat .git/ignore
+ $ cat .git/info/exclude
# ignore objects and archives, anywhere in the tree.
*.[oa]
$ cat Documentation/.gitignore
!foo.html
$ git-ls-files --ignored \
--exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \
- --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
+ --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude \
--exclude-per-directory=.gitignore
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