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gitignore.txt: suggestions how to get literal # or ! at the beginning

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We support backslash escape, but we hide the details behind the phrase
"a shell glob suitable for consumption by fnmatch(3)". So it may not
be obvious how one can get literal # or ! at the beginning of pattern.
Add a few lines on how to work around the magic characters.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy 2012-10-07 10:13:54 +07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
for readability.
- A line starting with # serves as a comment.
Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first hash for patterns
that begin with a hash.
- An optional prefix '!' which negates the pattern; any
- An optional prefix "`!`" which negates the pattern; any
matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become
included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will
override lower precedence patterns sources.
Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns
that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`".
- If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the
purpose of the following description, but it would only find