From 0926c3e9c40ccf9699598a5abf079a3f1634ec39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stuart Langridge Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:13:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update `--ignore-path` docs for clarity (#18917) Co-authored-by: fisker --- docs/cli.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md index 51ed8b8bc..9ed555f11 100644 --- a/docs/cli.md +++ b/docs/cli.md @@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ If you don’t have a configuration file, or want to ignore it if it does exist, ## `--ignore-path` -Path to a file containing patterns that describe files to ignore. By default, Prettier looks for `./.gitignore` and `./.prettierignore`.\ -Multiple values are accepted. +Path to a file containing patterns that describe files to ignore. By default, Prettier looks for `./.gitignore` and `./.prettierignore`. + +Multiple values are accepted by providing multiple `--ignore-path` options: `prettier --ignore-path=foo-ignore --ignore-path=bar-ignore`. Specifying an `--ignore-path` overrides the default rather than adding to it, so to add a new ignore file while keeping `./.gitignore` and `./.prettierignore` as well, specify `prettier --ignore-path=.gitignore --ignore-path=.prettierignore --ignore-path=foo-ignore`. ## `--list-different`