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+#ifndef ATTR_H
+#define ATTR_H
+
+/* An attribute is a pointer to this opaque structure */
+struct git_attr;
+
+/*
+ * Given a string, return the gitattribute object that
+ * corresponds to it.
+ */
+struct git_attr *git_attr(const char *);
+
+/* Internal use */
+extern const char git_attr__true[];
+extern const char git_attr__false[];
+
+/* For public to check git_attr_check results */
+#define ATTR_TRUE(v) ((v) == git_attr__true)
+#define ATTR_FALSE(v) ((v) == git_attr__false)
+#define ATTR_UNSET(v) ((v) == NULL)
+
+/*
+ * Send one or more git_attr_check to git_check_attr(), and
+ * each 'value' member tells what its value is.
+ * Unset one is returned as NULL.
+ */
+struct git_attr_check {
+	struct git_attr *attr;
+	const char *value;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Return the name of the attribute represented by the argument.  The
+ * return value is a pointer to a null-delimited string that is part
+ * of the internal data structure; it should not be modified or freed.
+ */
+char *git_attr_name(struct git_attr *);
+
+int git_check_attr(const char *path, int, struct git_attr_check *);
+
+/*
+ * Retrieve all attributes that apply to the specified path.  *num
+ * will be set the the number of attributes on the path; **check will
+ * be set to point at a newly-allocated array of git_attr_check
+ * objects describing the attributes and their values.  *check must be
+ * free()ed by the caller.
+ */
+int git_all_attrs(const char *path, int *num, struct git_attr_check **check);
+
+enum git_attr_direction {
+	GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN,
+	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT,
+	GIT_ATTR_INDEX
+};
+void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction, struct index_state *);
+
+#endif /* ATTR_H */