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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-10-17 01:52:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-10-17 01:52:32 -0700 |
| commit | 46dc1b0e332612aa32c139007fa33f4b429de9d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 86e934ac60e69c03c44a9d59eab6e400c16efb5f /Documentation | |
| parent | Add Linux PPC support to the pre-auto-gc example hook (diff) | |
| parent | t1301-shared-repo.sh: don't let a default ACL interfere with the test (diff) | |
| download | tgif-46dc1b0e332612aa32c139007fa33f4b429de9d1.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
t1301-shared-repo.sh: don't let a default ACL interfere with the test
git-check-attr(1): add output and example sections
xdiff-interface.c: strip newline (and cr) from line before pattern matching
t4018-diff-funcname: demonstrate end of line funcname matching flaw
t4018-diff-funcname: rework negated last expression test
Typo "does not exists" when git remote update remote.
remote.c: correct the check for a leading '/' in a remote name
Add testcase to ensure merging an early part of a branch is done properly
Conflicts:
t/t7600-merge.sh
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-attr.txt | 50 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index 2b821f2a1d..4b3c2b0b06 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -22,6 +22,56 @@ OPTIONS arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will be treated as an attribute. +OUTPUT +------ + +The output is of the form: +<path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info> LF + +Where <path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute +being queried and <info> can be either: + +'unspecified';; when the attribute is not defined for the path. +'unset';; when the attribute is defined to false. +'set';; when the attribute is defined to true. +<value>;; when a value has been assigned to the attribute. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +In the examples, the following '.gitattributes' file is used: +--------------- +*.java diff=java -crlf myAttr +NoMyAttr.java !myAttr +README caveat=unspecified +--------------- + +* Listing a single attribute: +--------------- +$ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java +org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java +--------------- + +* Listing multiple attributes for a file: +--------------- +$ git check-attr crlf diff myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java +org/example/MyClass.java: crlf: unset +org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java +org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set +--------------- + +* Listing attribute for multiple files: +--------------- +$ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java +org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set +org/example/NoMyAttr.java: myAttr: unspecified +--------------- + +* Not all values are equally unambiguous: +--------------- +$ git check-attr caveat README +README: caveat: unspecified +--------------- SEE ALSO -------- |