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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index e0b66c1220..4736483865 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form: pattern attr1 attr2 ... That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list, -separated by whitespaces. When the pattern matches the -path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to -the path. +separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are +ignored. Lines that begin with '#' are ignored. Patterns +that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style. +When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes +listed on the line are given to the path. Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path: @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file. -Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute +Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute for a path to `Unspecified` state. This can be done by listing the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`. @@ -227,11 +229,9 @@ From a clean working directory: ------------------------------------------------- $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes -$ rm .git/index # Remove the index to force Git to -$ git reset # re-scan the working directory +$ rm .git/index # Remove the index to re-scan the working directory +$ git add . $ git status # Show files that will be normalized -$ git add -u -$ git add .gitattributes $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization" ------------------------------------------------- |