title: Why doesn't my global .gitignore file ignore?
body: <pre><code>$ cat ~/.gitconfig
  [core]
          editor = vim
          excludefiles = /home/augustin/.gitignore
  $ cat ~/.gitignore
  toto
  $ mkdir git_test
  $ cd git_test/
  $ git init
  $ touch toto
  $ git status
  
  # On branch master
  #
  # Initial commit
  #
  # Untracked files:
  #   (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to include in what will be committed)
  #
  #       toto
  nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
  $ git --version
  git version 1.6.3.3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why isn't toto being ignored?</p>
  
  <p>Other settings in ~/.gitconfig are taken into account (colors, editor). </p>