docs: move core.excludesFile from git-add to gitignore

A section in "git add" documentation mentions core.excludesFile and
explains how it works, but this is not specific to the command.

Move this description to gitignore.txt to be more generic.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Denton Liu 2019-03-07 00:25:30 -08:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -193,15 +193,6 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
for command-line options).
CONFIGURATION
-------------
The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a
file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
$GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
EXAMPLES
--------

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@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
- Other consecutive asterisks are considered regular asterisks and
will match according to the previous rules.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a
file containing patterns of file names to exclude, similar to
`$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
those in `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
NOTES
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