The current documentation reads as if .gitignore files will be parsed in
every parent directory, and not until they reach a repository boundary.
This clarifies the current behaviour.
As well, this corrects 'toplevel' to 'top-level', matching usage for
'top-level domain'.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Berry <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 53e7d5c914..534cda5747 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
them.
* Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory
- as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the
- higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden
- by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file.
- These patterns match relative to the location of the
+ as the path, or in any parent directory in the same repository, with
+ patterns in the higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree)
+ being overridden by those in lower level files down to the directory
+ containing the file. These patterns match relative to the location of the
`.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such
`.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for
files generated as part of the project build.
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2.31.1
