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-.TH "GIT\-ADD" "1" "05/15/2007" "Git 1.5.2.rc3.39.gaf9b" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT\-ADD" "1" "05/18/2007" "Git 1.5.2.rc3.61.g4229" "Git Manual"
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.TP
\-\-
This option can be used to separate command\-line options from the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken for command\-line options).
+.SH "CONFIGURATION"
+The optional configuration variable \fIcore.excludesfile\fR 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 [1]\&\fIrepository layout\fR.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.TP
git\-add Documentation/\\*.txt
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git\-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
.SH "GIT"
Part of the \fBgit\fR(7) suite
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+.SH "REFERENCES"
+.TP 3
+1.\ repository layout
+\%repository\-layout.html