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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index aaa073efc8..5a45e51890 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -197,6 +197,25 @@ intent is that if someone unsets the filter driver definition, or does not have the appropriate filter program, the project should still be usable. +For example, in .gitattributes, you would assign the `filter` +attribute for paths. + +------------------------ +*.c filter=indent +------------------------ + +Then you would define a "filter.indent.clean" and "filter.indent.smudge" +configuration in your .git/config to specify a pair of commands to +modify the contents of C programs when the source files are checked +in ("clean" is run) and checked out (no change is made because the +command is "cat"). + +------------------------ +[filter "indent"] + clean = indent + smudge = cat +------------------------ + Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -404,7 +423,7 @@ Performing a three-way merge The attribute `merge` affects how three versions of a file is merged when a file-level merge is necessary during `git merge`, -and other programs such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`. +and other commands such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`. Set:: @@ -560,6 +579,16 @@ in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the commit hash. +Packing objects +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`delta` +^^^^^^^ + +Delta compression will not be attempted for blobs for paths with the +attribute `delta` set to false. + + Viewing files in GUI tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |