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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index dd51aa11ea..20cf8ff816 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -409,6 +409,23 @@ frotz unspecified ---------------------------------------------------------------- +Creating an archive +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`export-subst` +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If the attribute `export-subst` is set for a file then git will expand +several placeholders when adding this file to an archive. The +expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e. if +gitlink:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a +tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same +as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of gitlink:git-log[1], +except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$` +in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the +commit hash. + + GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |