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 <asheiduk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Andreas Heiduk committed
May 3, 2018 at 20:48 UTC
47481ff24f0e94bbfa4b9686664e1f5ed3b863c0
1 file changed
+2
-1
Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+2
-1
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ OPTIONS
53
Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the
54
index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When
55
showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude
56
- pattern.
56
+ pattern. Standard ignore rules are not automatically activated,
57
+ therefore at least one of the `--exclude*` options is required.
58
59
-s::
60
--stage::