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 | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 53e7d5c914..af8f231cc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ 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
- `.gitignore` file. A project normally includes such
- `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for
+ as the path, or in any parent directory (up to the top-level of the work
+ tree), with patterns in the higher level files 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.
* Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
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