By default, check-ignore does not list tracked files at all since they are not subject to ignore patterns. Make this clearer in the man page. Reported-by: Guilherme <guibufolo@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- That really is a bit confusing. Does this help? Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt index ee2e091..788a011 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or included. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier ones. +By default, tracked files are not shown at all since they are not +subject to exclude rules; but see `--no-index'. + OPTIONS ------- -q, --quiet:: -- 2.2.0.rc3.286.g888a711 -- 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