From 199e9a228408f124f081a007a93cb822b89ff57d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wxiaoguang <29147+wxiaoguang@noreply.gitea.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:31:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] repo template supports "exclude" (#470)

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38064
---
 docs/usage/repository/template-repositories.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/usage/repository/template-repositories.md b/docs/usage/repository/template-repositories.md
index dc15d561..bf489601 100644
--- a/docs/usage/repository/template-repositories.md
+++ b/docs/usage/repository/template-repositories.md
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ a/b/c/d.json
 **.[bB][aA][tT]
 ```
 
+Gitea also supports to use sections to exclude some files:
+
+```
+[expand]
+*.md
+
+[exclude]
+*.log
+```
+
 ## Variable Expansion
 
 In any file matched by the above globs, the variables below will be expanded.