Documentation: Fix howto/revert-branch-rebase.html generation

[git.git] / Documentation / repository-layout.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
index b52dfdc3081537c68f2fb12635fc986b0221dd4a..275d18bb545f3b14ad1f7de50d4224f184a507f8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ info/grafts::
 
 info/exclude::
        This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the
-       exclude pattern list.  `git status` looks at it, but
-       otherwise it is not looked at by any of the core git
-       commands.
+       exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory
+       ignore file.  `git status`, `git add`, `git rm` and `git
+       clean` look at it but the core git commands do not look
+       at it.  See also: gitlink:git-ls-files[1] `--exclude-from`
+       and `--exclude-per-directory`.
 
 remotes::
        Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default