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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 9b41f81c06..4fb20cd0e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A `gitattributes` file is a simple text file that gives Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form: - pattern attr1 attr2 ... + pattern attr1 attr2 ... That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list, separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are @@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ stored as UTF-8 internally. A client without `working-tree-encoding` support will checkout `foo.ps1` as UTF-8 encoded file. This will typically cause trouble for the users of this file. + -If a Git client, that does not support the `working-tree-encoding` -attribute, adds a new file `bar.ps1`, then `bar.ps1` will be +If a Git client that does not support the `working-tree-encoding` +attribute adds a new file `bar.ps1`, then `bar.ps1` will be stored "as-is" internally (in this example probably as UTF-16). A client with `working-tree-encoding` support will interpret the internal contents as UTF-8 and try to convert it to UTF-16 on checkout. @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ automatic line ending conversion based on your platform. Use the following attributes if your '*.ps1' files are UTF-16 little endian encoded without BOM and you want Git to use Windows line endings -in the working directory (use `UTF-16-LE-BOM` instead of `UTF-16LE` if +in the working directory (use `UTF-16LE-BOM` instead of `UTF-16LE` if you want UTF-16 little endian with BOM). Please note, it is highly recommended to explicitly define the line endings with `eol` if the `working-tree-encoding` |