From 47481ff24f0e94bbfa4b9686664e1f5ed3b863c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Heiduk Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 20:48:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify ignore rules for git ls-files Explain that `git ls-files --ignored` requires at least one of the `--exclude*` options to do its job. Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 3ac3e3a77d..f3474b2ede 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ OPTIONS Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude - pattern. + pattern. Standard ignore rules are not automatically activated, + therefore at least one of the `--exclude*` options is required. -s:: --stage::