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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/package.texi | 12 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/package.texi b/doc/lispref/package.texi index ebe578932bf..f75023d4039 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/package.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/package.texi @@ -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 |