Merge branch 'go-git:master' into master

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/plumbing/format/gitignore/dir.go b/plumbing/format/gitignore/dir.go
index 7cea50c..15bc9c7 100644
--- a/plumbing/format/gitignore/dir.go
+++ b/plumbing/format/gitignore/dir.go
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	commentPrefix = "#"
-	coreSection   = "core"
-	excludesfile  = "excludesfile"
-	gitDir        = ".git"
-	gitignoreFile = ".gitignore"
-	gitconfigFile = ".gitconfig"
-	systemFile    = "/etc/gitconfig"
+	commentPrefix   = "#"
+	coreSection     = "core"
+	excludesfile    = "excludesfile"
+	gitDir          = ".git"
+	gitignoreFile   = ".gitignore"
+	gitconfigFile   = ".gitconfig"
+	systemFile      = "/etc/gitconfig"
+	infoExcludeFile = gitDir + "/info/exclude"
 )
 
 // readIgnoreFile reads a specific git ignore file.
@@ -42,10 +43,14 @@ func readIgnoreFile(fs billy.Filesystem, path []string, ignoreFile string) (ps [
 	return
 }
 
-// ReadPatterns reads gitignore patterns recursively traversing through the directory
-// structure. The result is in the ascending order of priority (last higher).
+// ReadPatterns reads the .git/info/exclude and then the gitignore patterns
+// recursively traversing through the directory structure. The result is in
+// the ascending order of priority (last higher).
 func ReadPatterns(fs billy.Filesystem, path []string) (ps []Pattern, err error) {
-	ps, _ = readIgnoreFile(fs, path, gitignoreFile)
+	ps, _ = readIgnoreFile(fs, path, infoExcludeFile)
+
+	subps, _ := readIgnoreFile(fs, path, gitignoreFile)
+	ps = append(ps, subps...)
 
 	var fis []os.FileInfo
 	fis, err = fs.ReadDir(fs.Join(path...))