doc: explain ignore rules a bit more

Closes #1600

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/GUIDE.md b/GUIDE.md
index 7ff81f99..3e5e399a 100644
--- a/GUIDE.md
+++ b/GUIDE.md
@@ -177,15 +177,19 @@ After recursive search, ripgrep's most important feature is what it *doesn't*
 search. By default, when you search a directory, ripgrep will ignore all of
 the following:
 
-1. Files and directories that match the rules in your `.gitignore` glob
-   pattern.
+1. Files and directories that match glob patterns in these three categories:
+  1. gitignore globs (including global and repo-specific globs).
+  2. `.ignore` globs, which take precedence over all gitignore globs when
+     there's a conflict.
+  3. `.rgignore` globs, which take precedence over all `.ignore` globs when
+     there's a conflict.
 2. Hidden files and directories.
 3. Binary files. (ripgrep considers any file with a `NUL` byte to be binary.)
 4. Symbolic links aren't followed.
 
 All of these things can be toggled using various flags provided by ripgrep:
 
-1. You can disable `.gitignore` handling with the `--no-ignore` flag.
+1. You can disable all ignore-related filtering with the `--no-ignore` flag.
 2. Hidden files and directories can be searched with the `--hidden` flag.
 3. Binary files can be searched via the `--text` (`-a` for short) flag.
    Be careful with this flag! Binary files may emit control characters to your