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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@ core.autocrlf::
writing to the filesystem. 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. Currently, which paths to consider
- "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
- decided purely based on the contents.
+ `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].
core.safecrlf::
If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by