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.TH "GIT\-CHECK\-IGNORE" "1" "05/28/2018" "Git 2\&.1\&.4" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-check-ignore \- Debug gitignore / exclude files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit check\-ignore\fR [options] pathname\&...
\fIgit check\-ignore\fR [options] \-\-stdin <
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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For each pathname given via the command\-line or from a file via \-\-stdin, show the pattern from \&.gitignore (or other input files to the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or included\&. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier ones\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-q, \-\-quiet
.RS 4
Don\(cqt output anything, just set exit status\&. This is only valid with a single pathname\&.
.RE
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\-v, \-\-verbose
.RS 4
Also output details about the matching pattern (if any) for each given pathname\&.
.RE
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\-\-stdin
.RS 4
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command\-line\&.
.RE
.PP
\-z
.RS 4
The output format is modified to be machine\-parseable (see below)\&. If
\-\-stdin
is also given, input paths are separated with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character\&.
.RE
.PP
\-n, \-\-non\-matching
.RS 4
Show given paths which don\(cqt match any pattern\&. This only makes sense when
\-\-verbose
is enabled, otherwise it would not be possible to distinguish between paths which match a pattern and those which don\(cqt\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-no\-index
.RS 4
Don\(cqt look in the index when undertaking the checks\&. This can be used to debug why a path became tracked by e\&.g\&.
git add \&.
and was not ignored by the rules as expected by the user or when developing patterns including negation to match a path previously added with
git add \-f\&.
.RE
.SH "OUTPUT"
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By default, any of the given pathnames which match an ignore pattern will be output, one per line\&. If no pattern matches a given path, nothing will be output for that path; this means that path will not be ignored\&.
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If \-\-verbose is specified, the output is a series of lines of the form:
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