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-.TH TAR 1 "February 14, 2014" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
+.TH TAR 1 "February 22, 2014" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
.SH NAME
tar \- an archiving utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB\-\-exclude\-caches\-under\fR
Exclude everything under directories containing \fBCACHEDIR.TAG\fR
.TP
+\fB\-\-exclude\-ignore=\fIFILE\fR
+Before dumping a directory, see if it contains \fIFILE\fR.
+If so, read exclusion patterns from this file. The patterns affect
+only the directory itself.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-exclude\-ignore\-recursive=\fIFILE\fR
+Same as \fB\-\-exclude\-ignore\fR, except that patterns from
+\fIFILE\fR affect both the directory and all its subdirectories.
+.TP
\fB\-\-exclude\-tag\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Exclude contents of directories containing \fIFILE\fR, except for
\fIFILE\fR itself.
\fB\-\-exclude\-vcs\fR
Exclude version control system directories.
.TP
+\fB\-\-exclude\-vcs\-ignores\fR
+Exclude files that match patterns read from VCS-specific ignore
+files. Supported files are:
+.BR .cvsignore ,
+.BR .gitignore ,
+.BR .bzrignore ", and"
+.BR .hgignore .
+.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
Follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to.
.TP