[PATCH] Add notes that some $GIT_DIR/info/ files are not copied by clone, etc.

[Toby Corkindale <toby.corkindale@rea-group.com>]

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 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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