As Duy pointed out, the glossary needs an update too. For this one, the cange can be minimal I think: diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 8ad29e6..f127fe9 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic. exclude;; After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run - through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it + through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!` or `^`). If it matches, the path is ignored. --