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[git.git] / Documentation / git-add.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 27b9c0f8cc1ff8f7c42c0fdcd86008c7f8d2a5be..76d2b05854ccc742105c374fae33c676795d29f1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ OPTIONS
        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 link:repository-layout.html[repository layout].
+
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 git-add Documentation/\\*.txt::
@@ -219,4 +228,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-