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diff --git a/gitignore.txt b/gitignore.txt index 2e7328b..c1f692a 100644 --- a/gitignore.txt +++ b/gitignore.txt 
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@  the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file. Patterns which a user wants git to  ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by  the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by -`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. +`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, +$HOME/.config/git/ignore is used instead.    The underlying git plumbing tools, such as  'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read