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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 11 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 60984a4682..a71dad2674 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ unspecified. This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the working directory. This attribute has effect only if the `text` -attribute is set or unspecified, or if it is set to `auto` and the file -is detected as text. 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. +attribute is set or unspecified, or if it is set to `auto`, the file is +detected as text, and it is stored with LF endings in the index. Note +that setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF +line endings may make the paths to be considered dirty unless +`text=auto` is set. Adding the path to the index again will normalize +the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: |