Function gitignore_excludes_path 

pub fn gitignore_excludes_path(root: &Path, path: &Path) -> FsResult<bool>

Return whether repository .gitignore rules exclude a path.

This helper is for single-path refreshes. Full repository scans use ignore::WalkBuilder directly.

Errors

Returns an error if the root cannot be canonicalized or a discovered .gitignore file cannot be parsed.