Also here: https://github.com/kblees/git/commits/kb/gitignore-doc These two patches were the result of a discussion mid-october [1] that I almost forgot about...now including an example as suggested by Jeff. [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/235753/focus=235856 Karsten Blees (2): gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns gitignore.txt: clarify recursive nature of excluded directories Documentation/gitignore.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 1.8.4.msysgit.0.12.g88f5ed0 -- 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