git-check-attr(1) ================= NAME ---- git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname... 'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths> DESCRIPTION ----------- For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is 'unspecified', 'set', or 'unset' as a gitattribute on that pathname. OPTIONS ------- --stdin:: Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line. -z:: Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character. \--:: Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will be treated as an attribute. OUTPUT ------ The output is of the form: <path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info> LF <path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute being queried and <info> can be either: 'unspecified';; when the attribute is not defined for the path. 'unset';; when the attribute is defined as false. 'set';; when the attribute is defined as true. <value>;; when a value has been assigned to the attribute. EXAMPLES -------- In the examples, the following '.gitattributes' file is used: --------------- *.java diff=java -crlf myAttr NoMyAttr.java !myAttr README caveat=unspecified --------------- * Listing a single attribute: --------------- $ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java --------------- * Listing multiple attributes for a file: --------------- $ git check-attr crlf diff myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/MyClass.java: crlf: unset org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set --------------- * Listing an attribute for multiple files: --------------- $ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set org/example/NoMyAttr.java: myAttr: unspecified --------------- * Not all values are equally unambiguous: --------------- $ git check-attr caveat README README: caveat: unspecified --------------- SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:gitattributes[5]. GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite