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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2024-01-28 07:43:25 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2024-01-28 15:06:37 +0100
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; Fix last change in package.texi
* doc/lispref/package.texi (Multi-file Packages): Fix wording and markup. (Bug#65027) (cherry picked from commit 6d76e3991241905b0841effc6f8cd42394d9aa64)
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@@ -284,12 +284,14 @@ variable @code{load-file-name} (@pxref{Loading}). Here is an example:
(expand-file-name file superfrobnicator-base))
@end smallexample
- If your project contains files that you don't wish to distribute to
+@cindex @file{.elpaignore} file
+ If your package contains files that you don't wish to distribute to
users (e.g.@: regression tests), you can add them to an
-@file{.elpaignore} file. In this file, each line lists a file or
-wildcard matching files to ignore when producing your package's tar
-file on ELPA. (ELPA will pass this file to @command{tar} with the
-@code{-X} option.)
+@file{.elpaignore} file. In this file, each line lists a file or a
+wildcard matching files; those files should be ignored when producing
+your package's tarball on ELPA (@pxref{Package Archives}). (ELPA
+will pass this file to the @command{tar} command via the @option{-X}
+command-line option, when it prepares the package for download.)
@node Package Archives
@section Creating and Maintaining Package Archives