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Documentation: point to related commands from gitignore
authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:00:48 +0000 (13:00 -0600)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:57:16 +0000 (10:57 -0800)
commit6f02a5a33a3983597992e94c7b826021acc8a9d9
treebdf0b0484f629fbacada6af9b6a923d22e367306
parent0b803a6cc679e5448330ddb3ed3ace3cd66f1b31
Documentation: point to related commands from gitignore

A frequently asked question on #git is how to stop tracking a file
that is mistakenly tracked by git.  A frequently attempted strategy is
to add such files to .gitignore.

Thus one might imagine that the gitignore documentation could be a
good entry point for 'git rm' documentation.  Add some
cross-references in this vein.

While at it, move a reference to update-index --assume-unchanged from
the DESCRIPTION to lower down on the page.  This way, the methodical
reader can benefit from first learning what excludes files do, then
how they relate to other git facilities.

Based-on-patch-by: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaram@atc.tcs.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/gitignore.txt