Updated documentation for git-ignore

* Updated output for `git ignore`
* Added description and examples for `git ignore -g` and `git ignore -l`
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Nils Winkler 2015-09-04 11:09:32 +02:00
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@ -374,10 +374,35 @@ $ git ignore build "*.o" "*.log"
... added '*.log'
```
Without any patterns, `git-ignore` displays currently ignored patterns:
Without any patterns, `git-ignore` displays currently ignored patterns in both your global and your local `.gitignore` files:
```bash
$ git ignore
Global gitignore: /Users/foo/.gitignore_global
*~
.metadata
---------------------------------
Local gitignore: .gitignore
build
*.o
*.log
```
To show just the global or just the local file's contents, you can use the following optional parameters:
* `-g` or `--global` to show just the global file
* `-l` or `--local` to show just the local file
```bash
$ git ignore -g
Global gitignore: /Users/foo/.gitignore_global
*~
.metadata
```
```bash
$ git ignore -l
Local gitignore: .gitignore
build
*.o
*.log