Merge branch 'mg/doc-check-ignore-tracked-are-not-ignored'

* mg/doc-check-ignore-tracked-are-not-ignored: check-ignore: clarify treatment of tracked files
git-mirror · Dec 22, 2014 · 3ab0029 · 3ab0029
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or
 included.  Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier
 ones.
 
+By default, tracked files are not shown at all since they are not
+subject to exclude rules; but see `--no-index'.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -q, --quiet::