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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index f8e1bd5027..043274b1b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-check-attr(1) NAME ---- -git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information. +git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-check-attr' attr... [--] pathname... +'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -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 -------- |