The default core.excludesfile path is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. $HOME/.config/git/ignore is used if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty or unset, as described later in the document. Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitignore.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index ff5d7f9ed6..d107daaffd 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gitignore - Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore SYNOPSIS -------- -$HOME/.config/git/ignore, $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, .gitignore +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore, $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, .gitignore DESCRIPTION ----------- -- 2.18.0