Tommi Virtanen noted on #git today that
git ls-files --exclude-per-directory
doesn't appear to work as advertised by the documentation unless
--others is also used. According to the current source code this
is the case as the --exclude-per-directory file isn't read unless
we are iterating over the working directory, which only happens
with --others.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 8520b97..2a0b9f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ OPTIONS
--exclude-per-directory=<file>::
read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
- directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
+ directory and its subdirectories in <file>. This option
+ only takes effect if -o or --others is also used.
--error-unmatch::
If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ time. They are built and ordered in the
* lines read from --exclude-from=<file>; patterns are ordered
in the same order as they appear in the file.
- * When --exclude-per-directory=<name> is specified, upon
+ * When --exclude-per-directory=<name> and --others is specified, upon
entering a directory that has such a file, its contents are
appended at the end of the current "list of patterns". They
are popped off when leaving the directory.
--
1.4.2.1.g7a39b
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