rmannibucau commented on code in PR #746:
URL: https://github.com/apache/creadur-rat/pull/746#discussion_r4262579345


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apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/api/EnvVar.java:
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@@ -31,7 +31,26 @@ public enum EnvVar {
     /**
      * Ignore Git Global ignore file.
      */
-    RAT_NO_GIT_GLOBAL_IGNORE("Ignore global ignore file when processing GIT 
ignore files."),
+    RAT_NO_GIT_GLOBAL_IGNORE("Ignore the global ignore file when processing 
GIT ignore files."),
+    /**
+     * Controls how the global GIT ignore file is resolved for reproducible 
builds and audits.
+     * <p>
+     * The value may be one of:
+     * <ul>
+     *   <li>{@code off} - never read the machine global git ignore 
(equivalent to setting

Review Comment:
   updated but the side note is that it is *not* a boolean but a tristate value 
holder, tried to make it explicit in the doc



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