From 319afa08d4455e1e195497730cce683bb2235461 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Byrne <sultan@locehilios.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:14:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add section on ignoring files (#204)

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 _docs/110_faq.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
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@@ -159,6 +159,27 @@ configuration by running:
 yadm config yadm.auto-private-dirs false
 ```
 
+## Ignoring Files
+
+### How can I configure ignored files?
+
+By default, yadm is configured to
+[ignore untracked files](#how-can-i-display-untracked-files-with-a-yadm-status-command)
+when displaying a status. This does not prevent you from adding untracked files.
+However, if you would like to prevent some files from being added accidentally,
+you can configure them to be ignored.
+
+If you add a `.gitignore` file to your `$HOME` directory (or subdirectories) you
+can have those patterns ignored by yadm. This works exactly like it does for
+Git. Be sure to add these `.gitignore` files to your repo, so they can be synced
+along with your other configurations.
+
+Another option is to add patterns to
+`$HOME/.local/share/yadm/repo.git/info/exclude`.
+If you use this file, be sure to add your patterns above any
+`yadm-auto-excludes` line, as all lines below this can be overwritten by yadm
+when encrypting data.
+
 ## Integrations
 
 ### Why does git-cola hang when run via `yadm enter`?