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index b8392fc330..e84e104f93 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
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ Checking-out and checking-in
These attributes affect how the contents stored in the
repository are copied to the working tree files when commands
-such as 'git checkout' and 'git merge' run. They also affect how
+such as 'git switch', 'git checkout' and 'git merge' run.
+They also affect how
Git stores the contents you prepare in the working tree in the
repository upon 'git add' and 'git commit'.
@@ -124,7 +125,9 @@ text file is normalized, its line endings are converted to LF in the
repository. To control what line ending style is used in the working
directory, use the `eol` attribute for a single file and the
`core.eol` configuration variable for all text files.
-Note that `core.autocrlf` overrides `core.eol`
+Note that setting `core.autocrlf` to `true` or `input` overrides
+`core.eol` (see the definitions of those options in
+linkgit:git-config[1]).
Set::
@@ -290,10 +293,10 @@ web front ends do not visualize the contents of these files by default.
In these cases you can tell Git the encoding of a file in the working
directory with the `working-tree-encoding` attribute. If a file with this
-attribute is added to Git, then Git reencodes the content from the
+attribute is added to Git, then Git re-encodes the content from the
specified encoding to UTF-8. Finally, Git stores the UTF-8 encoded
content in its internal data structure (called "the index"). On checkout
-the content is reencoded back to the specified encoding.
+the content is re-encoded back to the specified encoding.
Please note that using the `working-tree-encoding` attribute may have a
number of pitfalls:
@@ -312,8 +315,8 @@ 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.
@@ -344,7 +347,9 @@ 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. Please note, it is highly recommended to
+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`
attribute is used to avoid ambiguity.
@@ -493,7 +498,7 @@ command. This is achieved by using the long-running process protocol
When Git encounters the first file that needs to be cleaned or smudged,
it starts the filter and performs the handshake. In the handshake, the
welcome message sent by Git is "git-filter-client", only version 2 is
-suppported, and the supported capabilities are "clean", "smudge", and
+supported, and the supported capabilities are "clean", "smudge", and
"delay".
Afterwards Git sends a list of "key=value" pairs terminated with
@@ -797,6 +802,9 @@ patterns are available:
- `ada` suitable for source code in the Ada language.
+- `bash` suitable for source code in the Bourne-Again SHell language.
+ Covers a superset of POSIX shell function definitions.
+
- `bibtex` suitable for files with BibTeX coded references.
- `cpp` suitable for source code in the C and C++ languages.
@@ -805,6 +813,10 @@ patterns are available:
- `css` suitable for cascading style sheets.
+- `dts` suitable for devicetree (DTS) files.
+
+- `elixir` suitable for source code in the Elixir language.
+
- `fortran` suitable for source code in the Fortran language.
- `fountain` suitable for Fountain documents.
@@ -815,7 +827,9 @@ patterns are available:
- `java` suitable for source code in the Java language.
-- `matlab` suitable for source code in the MATLAB language.
+- `markdown` suitable for Markdown documents.
+
+- `matlab` suitable for source code in the MATLAB and Octave languages.
- `objc` suitable for source code in the Objective-C language.
@@ -829,6 +843,8 @@ patterns are available:
- `ruby` suitable for source code in the Ruby language.
+- `rust` suitable for source code in the Rust language.
+
- `tex` suitable for source code for LaTeX documents.