Update documentation of --ignoredFiles

Fixes #22 and closes #23. The usage of `--ignoredFiles` is slightly unintuitive, so clarify its usage exactly with usage examples.
Nixinova · May 30, 2023 · 8220770 · 8220770
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@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ linguist --help
   Analyse the language of all files found in a folder.
   - `<folders...>`:
     The folders to analyse (defaults to `./`).
-  - `--ignoredFiles <paths...>`:
-    A list of space-delimited file path globs to ignore.
+  - `--ignoredFiles <glob1> [[--ignoredFiles] <glob2> ...]`:
+    A list of file path globs to ignore.
+    When specifying more than one glob, this option can either be called with multiple values given (e.g., `--ignoredFiles *.txt *.json`) or be called multiple times (e.g., `--ignoredFiles *.txt --ignoredFiles *.json`). Both ways are equivalent.
   - `--ignoredLanguages`:
     A list of languages to ignore.
   - `--categories <categories...>`: