Merge pull request #479 from JanSchulz/global_gitignore

Add more info how to set global gitignore
tj · Nov 3, 2015 · 35e1f78 · 35e1f78
2 parents 1d8534b + b4f4dd1
commit 35e1f78
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diff --git a/bin/git-ignore b/bin/git-ignore
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ function show_global {
 }
 
 function add_global {
-  add_patterns `git config --global core.excludesfile` "$@"
+  local global_gitignore=$(git config --global core.excludesfile)
+  if [ -z "$global_gitignore" ]; then
+    echo "Can't find global .gitignore."
+    echo ""
+    echo "Use 'git config --global --add core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore-global' to set the path to your global gitignore file to '~/.gitignore-global'."
+    echo ""
+  else
+    add_patterns `git config --global core.excludesfile` "$@"
+  fi
 }
 
 function show_local {