Re: [git-users] List of ignore configuration file

2019-01-24 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:15:59AM -0800, cl.robitai...@gmail.com wrote: > Well, the first point to mention is that anyone writing help, man page and > information must not forget that the vast majority of readers are reading > such information because they do not know. This is obvious but t

Re: [git-users] List of ignore configuration file

2019-01-23 Thread cl . robitaille
Well, the first point to mention is that anyone writing help, man page and information must not forget that the vast majority of readers are reading such information because they do not know. This is obvious but the main point is to not take for granted that they have a deep knowledge, part

Re: [git-users] List of ignore configuration file

2019-01-22 Thread Philip Oakley
oops sent from wrong email identity.. On 22/01/2019 22:35, Philip Oakley wrote: On 22/01/2019 21:20, Claude Robitaille wrote: Thanks this help. I did read the man page, but I am used at seeing the files and locations at the end of the man page the section FILES. My bad to skiping right to th

Re: [git-users] List of ignore configuration file

2019-01-22 Thread Claude Robitaille
Thanks this help. I did read the man page, but I am used at seeing the files and locations at the end of the man page the section FILES. My bad to skiping right to the end of the man page. See dnsmasq as an example. Yes TL;DR. :-( I skip too quickly on --no-index. But now I understand that it

Re: [git-users] List of ignore configuration file

2019-01-22 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:55:50AM -0800, cl.robitai...@gmail.com wrote: > Is there a way to list ALL of the ignore files that a given git uses? Yes. This list is documented in the gitignore(5) manual page. Run `git help ignore` to read it. > There are tons of files and locations that git uses a