the index.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2 id="_exclude_patterns">EXCLUDE PATTERNS</h2>
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<p><em>git ls-files</em> can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
flags --others or --ignored are specified.  <a href="gitignore.html">gitignore(5)</a>
specifies the format of exclude patterns.</p>
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<p>These exclude patterns can be specified from th