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@@ -384,10 +384,33 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
+
Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
+attr;;
+After `attr:` comes a space separated list of "attribute
+requirements", all of which must be met in order for the
+path to be considered a match; this is in addition to the
+usual non-magic pathspec pattern matching.
+See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
++
+Each of the attribute requirements for the path takes one of
+these forms:
+
+- "`ATTR`" requires that the attribute `ATTR` be set.
+
+- "`-ATTR`" requires that the attribute `ATTR` be unset.
+
+- "`ATTR=VALUE`" requires that the attribute `ATTR` be
+ set to the string `VALUE`.
+
+- "`!ATTR`" requires that the attribute `ATTR` be
+ unspecified.
++
+
exclude;;
After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run
- through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it
- matches, the path is ignored.
+ through all exclude pathspecs (magic signature: `!` or its
+ synonym `^`). If it matches, the path is ignored. When there
+ is no non-exclude pathspec, the exclusion is applied to the
+ result set as if invoked without any pathspec.
--
[[def_parent]]parent::
@@ -547,6 +570,10 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
is created by giving the `--depth` option to linkgit:git-clone[1], and
its history can be later deepened with linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+[[def_stash]]stash entry::
+ An <<def_object,object>> used to temporarily store the contents of a
+ <<def_dirty,dirty>> working directory and the index for future reuse.
+
[[def_submodule]]submodule::
A <<def_repository,repository>> that holds the history of a
separate project inside another repository (the latter of