Huynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN <Huynh-Khoi-Nguyen.Nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > If core.excludesfile is not defined, its default value will be > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore in order to follow XDG specification. If > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or emty, $HOME/.config will be > used. It's not clear whether $HOME/.config will be used to replace $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. I'd say explicitely $HOME/.config/git/ignore to avoid this. > --- a/Documentation/config.txt > +++ b/Documentation/config.txt > @@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ core.excludesfile:: > '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns > of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded > to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's > - home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. > + home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. > + If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config will > + be used. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. Likewise. > --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt > @@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into > the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file. Patterns which a user wants git to > ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by > the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by > -`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. > +`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is > +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, > +$HOME/.config will be used. Likewise. Otherwise, sounds good. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html