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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 75b8afec09..f6ddd35c01 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ core.quotepath:: core.autocrlf:: If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to - `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when - writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to + `LF` when reading from the work tree, and convert in reverse when + writing to the work tree. The variable can be set to 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while - reading from the filesystem but files are written out with - `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered + reading from the work tree but files are written out to the work + tree with `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified, based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. |