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--- git_ignore [2019/02/19 19:28] – [Basic .gitignore file] rpjday
+++ git_ignore [2019/02/22 18:18] (current) – [Debugging gitignore files] rpjday
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 The Linux kernel source repo has over 200 ''.gitignore'' files.
-===== Four levels of ignoring files =====
+===== Advanced ignoring =====
+==== Four levels of ignoring files ====
 Each line in a gitignore/exclude file specifies a pattern. When deciding whether to ignore a path, Git normally checks gitignore patterns from multiple sources, with the following order of precedence, from highest to lowest (within one level of precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
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   * Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration variable ''core.excludesFile'' (possibly ''~/.my_ignorefile'').
-===== Rationale for different levels of gitignore files =====
+==== Rationale for different levels of gitignore files ====
   * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to other repositories via clone (i.e., files that //all// developers will want to ignore) should go into a ''.gitignore'' file that comes with the repository.
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-===== Debugging gitignore files =====
+==== Debugging gitignore files ====
 <code>
 $ man git-check-ignore
 </code>
+===== gitignore gotchas =====
+  * Since ''.gitignore'' is a versioned file, checking out a different commit might result in a different ''.gitignore'' file, causing unexpected behaviour.