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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-add.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt6
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index b700beaff5..d50fa339dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git add' [--verbose | -v] [--dry-run | -n] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
[--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
- [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
+ [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--renormalize]
[--chmod=(+|-)x] [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
warning (e.g., if you are manually performing operations on
submodules).
+--renormalize::
+ Apply the "clean" process freshly to all tracked files to
+ forcibly add them again to the index. This is useful after
+ changing `core.autocrlf` configuration or the `text` attribute
+ in order to correct files added with wrong CRLF/LF line endings.
+ This option implies `-u`.
+
--chmod=(+|-)x::
Override the executable bit of the added files. The executable
bit is only changed in the index, the files on disk are left
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 4c68bc19d5..30687de81a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ From a clean working directory:
-------------------------------------------------
$ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes
-$ git read-tree --empty # Clean index, force re-scan of working directory
-$ git add .
+$ git add --renormalize .
$ git status # Show files that will be normalized
$ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"
-------------------------------------------------
@@ -328,6 +327,9 @@ You can declare that a filter turns a content that by itself is unusable
into a usable content by setting the filter.<driver>.required configuration
variable to `true`.
+Note: Whenever the clean filter is changed, the repo should be renormalized:
+$ git add --renormalize .
+
For example, in .gitattributes, you would assign the `filter`
attribute for paths.