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Add clarification to dolt_ignore documentation#102

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Many users coming from Git attempt to use ignored tables in order to have tables that can be referenced from any branch. This works in Git because unstaged changes in git are kept in the working set during checkout, not due to anything special in .gitignore. Dolt uses a separate working set for each branch, so this approach doesn't work. This update makes clear how this interaction works and what users should do instead.

@nicktobey nicktobey merged commit 0303ef9 into dev Jun 2, 2026
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