From 8a2b590095479303d165e632b6c373e8c0d1bd0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Vincent <bobvin@pillars.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #1170538: Add explanatory comments to the
 example.gitignore file.

---
 example.gitignore | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/example.gitignore b/example.gitignore
index 5023b0b32a5c..d25a2097603e 100644
--- a/example.gitignore
+++ b/example.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# To use this file simply copy it to .gitignore, and it will cause files like
+# your settings.php and user-uploaded files to be excluded from git source
+# control.  This is a common strategy to avoid accidentally including private
+# information in public repositories and patch files.
+#
+# A .gitignore file was included in Drupal core for versions 7.2 through 7.8.
+# As of Drupal 7.9, this is no longer the case, and any changes made to your
+# .gitignore file will no longer be overwritten by core updates.
+
 # Ignore configuration files that may contain sensitive information.
 sites/*/settings*.php
 
@@ -5,3 +14,12 @@ sites/*/settings*.php
 sites/*/files
 sites/*/private
 
+# If you prefer to store your .gitignore file in the sites/ folder, comment
+# or delete the previous settings and uncomment the following ones, instead.
+
+# Ignore configuration files that may contain sensitive information.
+# */settings*.php
+
+# Ignore paths that contain user-generated content.
+# */files
+# */private
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