docs: Clarify how to exclude .js files (#18976)

mdjermanovic · web-flow · commit d3e4b2ea4a8f · 2024-10-02T10:25:13.000-04:00
diff --git a/docs/src/use/configure/configuration-files.md b/docs/src/use/configure/configuration-files.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Each configuration object contains all of the information ESLint needs to execut
 Patterns specified in `files` and `ignores` use [`minimatch`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/minimatch) syntax and are evaluated relative to the location of the `eslint.config.js` file. If using an alternate config file via the `--config` command line option, then all patterns are evaluated relative to the current working directory.
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-You can use a combination of `files` and `ignores` to determine which files the configuration object should apply to and which not. By default, ESLint lints files that match the patterns `**/*.js`, `**/*.cjs`, and `**/*.mjs`. Those files are always matched unless you explicitly exclude them using `ignores`.
+You can use a combination of `files` and `ignores` to determine which files the configuration object should apply to and which not. By default, ESLint lints files that match the patterns `**/*.js`, `**/*.cjs`, and `**/*.mjs`. Those files are always matched unless you explicitly exclude them using [global ignores](#globally-ignoring-files-with-ignores).
 Because config objects that don't specify `files` or `ignores` apply to all files that have been matched by any other configuration object, they will apply to all JavaScript files. For example:
 
 ```js
