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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: gitignore vs. exclude vs assume-unchanged?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:45:55 -0700
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Hi,

alex@bellandwhistle.net wrote:

> In particular, 'exclude' is spottily documented.

Where did you expect to read about it?  I see some mention of
.git/info/exclude in the gitignore(5) page, but I wouldn't be
surprised if there's room for improvement there (improvements
welcome).

>                                                  I realize the docs
> are structured strictly as an API reference,

No, the docs are meant to be helpful, not just to confirm what people
already know. ;-)

Thanks,
Jonathan