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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt index 8b42cb3fb20a..0c3924a63d2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt @@ -30,16 +30,22 @@ OPTIONS valid with a single pathname. -v, --verbose:: - Also output details about the matching pattern (if any) - for each given pathname. For precedence rules within and - between exclude sources, see linkgit:gitignore[5]. + Instead of printing the paths that are excluded, for each path + that matches an exclude pattern, print the exclude pattern + together with the path. (Matching an exclude pattern usually + means the path is excluded, but if the pattern begins with '!' + then it is a negated pattern and matching it means the path is + NOT excluded.) ++ +For precedence rules within and between exclude sources, see +linkgit:gitignore[5]. --stdin:: Read pathnames from the standard input, one per line, instead of from the command-line. -z:: - The output format is modified to be machine-parseable (see + The output format is modified to be machine-parsable (see below). If `--stdin` is also given, input paths are separated with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character. |