On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 at 07:57, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > + Use the exclude pattern in addition to those found in > > + `.gitignore` and similar files (see linkgit:gitignore[5]). > I do agree with the direction to abandon the attempt to be > exhaustive, which has failed us and will fail. I am not sure if > ".gitignore and similar files" is a good phrasing, though. > > Don't use the standard ignored rules (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), > but use the ignore rules given with `-e` options from the > command line. > > perhaps? I dunno. Yeah, I like "the standard ignore rules" more than my original suggestion. Hmm, I now see you wrote "the standard ignore/D/ rules" -- I believe that's a typo. Martin
