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| author |  Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com> | 2017-08-31 09:19:36 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-09-07 08:57:54 +0900 |
| commit | 3bc4b8f7c757059bb845b5074691362cece91c70 (patch) | |
| tree | 0441f4bb745ee9895b7bd559d8463fa4bca2b679 /Documentation | |
| parent | Prepare for 2.14.2 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-3bc4b8f7c757059bb845b5074691362cece91c70.tar.xz | |
Documentation: mention that `eol` can change the dirty status of paths
When setting the `eol` attribute, paths can change their dirty status
without any change in the working directory. This can cause confusion
and should at least be mentioned with a remedy.
Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index c4f2be2542..4c68bc19d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ unspecified. This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line +endings may make the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to +the index again will normalize the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: |