From f44d9f5a80b0c7f62054b1685c6d1cc7812f8c25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peat Bakke <peat@peat.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:11:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adding documentation on global ignores

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 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7a12d7..737a224 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,16 @@ For more information on gitignore: [gitignore(5)][g5]
 [fk]: http://help.github.com/forking/
 [pr]: http://help.github.com/pull-requests/
 [g5]: http://man.cx/gitignore
+
+## Global Ignores
+
+git has a global configuration that applies rules to all of
+your projects. For example:
+
+    git config --global core.excludesfile=~/.global_ignore
+
+... will apply the rules in ~/.global_ignore for all of your repos.
+
+This is useful if you use an editor (like Emacs) that drops backup files,
+or if you work in an environment that generates binary or intermediate
+files that are always ignored.
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