docs: Document exclusion of .git/

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 0a2c54e..4b1ef5e 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ pub struct Opts {
     /// Include hidden directories and files in the search results (default:
     /// hidden files and directories are skipped). Files and directories are
     /// considered to be hidden if their name starts with a `.` sign (dot).
+    /// Any files or directories that are ignored due to the rules described by
+    /// --no-ignore are still ignored unless otherwise specified.
     /// The flag can be overridden with --no-hidden.
     #[arg(
         long,
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ pub struct Opts {
     no_hidden: (),
 
     /// Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be
-    /// ignored by '.gitignore', '.ignore', '.fdignore', or the global ignore file.
+    /// ignored by '.gitignore', '.ignore', '.fdignore', the global ignore file,
+    /// or the rule to exclude .git/.
     /// The flag can be overridden with --ignore.
     #[arg(
         long,
@@ -61,7 +64,8 @@ pub struct Opts {
     ignore: (),
 
     ///Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be
-    /// ignored by '.gitignore' files. The flag can be overridden with --ignore-vcs.
+    /// ignored by '.gitignore' files or the rule to exclude .git/.
+    /// The flag can be overridden with --ignore-vcs.
     #[arg(
         long,
         hide_short_help = true,
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index 8d904bd..01fe38c 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn scan(paths: &[PathBuf], patterns: Arc<Vec<Regex>>, config: Arc<Config>) -
 
     if config.read_vcsignore {
         override_builder
-            .add("!.git")
+            .add("!.git/")
             .expect("Invalid exclude pattern");
     }