---
Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 4 ++++
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 3 +++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 84ec962..b3b497b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ path in question, and its parent directories (the further the
directory that contains `.gitattributes` is from the path in
question, the lower its precedence).
+The $GIT_DIR/info/attributes file is used when you wish to only affect certain
+repositories. It will not be copied to other repositories by automatic
+operations such as clone, fetch, etc.
+
Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
for a path to `unspecified` state. This can be done by listing
the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index e847b3b..435f23c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
files generated as part of the project build.
* Patterns read from `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
+ * The $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file is used when you wish to only affect
+ certain repositories. It will not be copied to other repositories by
+ automatic operations such as clone, fetch, etc.
* Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration
variable 'core.excludesfile'.
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