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Git provides three ignore files: the project-level .gitignore, the global core.excludesFile, and the local .git/info/exclude
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Unverified.gitignore takes effect at the git add stage, making matching files completely 'invisible' to Git.80% similarUnverified.git/info/exclude uses exactly the same syntax as .gitignore, but is not committed because the .git directory is not under version control78% similarUnverifiedFiles already tracked by Git are not affected by .gitignore, because once a file enters Git's object database, .gitignore cannot intervene in its tracking status.77% similarUnverifiedGit configuration is divided into three levels: system-level (/etc/gitconfig), user-level (~/.gitconfig), and repository-level (.git/config).76% similarUnverified~/.config/git/ignore is the default lookup path for Git 2.x and takes effect even without explicitly configuring core.excludesFile75% similar
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