Add a reference to the configuration setting "core.excludesFile" to
the man page for git-clean.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index 03056dad0..449cbc2af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ OPTIONS
-e <pattern>::
--exclude=<pattern>::
- In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and
- $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the
- set of the ignore rules in effect.
+ In addition to patterns found in any of .gitignore (per directory),
+ $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and the exclude file specified by the
+ configuration variable core.excludesFile, also consider these
+ patterns to be in the set of the ignore rules in effect.
-x::
Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per
- directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore
+ directory), $GIT_DIR/info/exclude and the exclude file specified
+ by core.excludesFile, but do still use the ignore
rules given with `-e` options. This allows removing all untracked
files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in
conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
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