Is there a way to list ALL of the ignore files that a given git uses? There are tons of files and locations that git uses and Googling only reports a partial list...... in my case, I had, but forgotten, both ~/.gitconfig AND ~/.config/git/ignore. The later was never mentioned anywhere on Google but was the culprit of my issue.
Ok, I know, git check-ignore be used. But not in my case!!! Here is an example git add lib The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: lib Use -f if you really want to add them. git check-ignore lib NO OUTPUT git check-ignore -v -n lib :: lib The 2 git check-ignore clearly say that lib should not be ignored (the NO OUTPUT is me writing) while git add ignores it. So, somehow, git check-ignore is misleading. Some files under lib are already under control; I probably added lib/ in the ignore long time ago (so that I forgot) and MAY be the reason why git check-ignore fails reporting the same behaviour as git add. Just a guess though... Anyway, the ability to explicitly list all of the source of ignore files would be a nice thing to have. Ideally, you want the list to be in the same order as what git is using. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
