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author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-03-27 23:49:50 +0000 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-03-27 23:49:50 +0000 |
commit | 99dc24aa91d13a2c3a1e8d7789b6d57fdb42f750 (patch) | |
tree | 2d244e215911a0db5dbc769caede7c41e05f3427 /gitattributes.html | |
parent | a14a4031ea339f7f644448239c46721a30c47b9e (diff) | |
download | git-htmldocs-99dc24aa91d13a2c3a1e8d7789b6d57fdb42f750.tar.gz |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.5-rc1-22-g17689
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diff --git a/gitattributes.html b/gitattributes.html index 87d8a7c84..b0e5c841d 100644 --- a/gitattributes.html +++ b/gitattributes.html @@ -340,6 +340,12 @@ precedence), <tt>.gitattributes</tt> file in the same directory as the path in question, and its parent directories (the further the
directory that contains <tt>.gitattributes</tt> is from the path in
question, the lower its precedence).</p>
+<p>If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign
+attributes to files that are particular to one user's workflow), then
+attributes should be placed in the <tt>$GIT_DIR/info/attributes</tt> file.
+Attributes which should be version-controlled and distributed to other
+repositories (i.e., attributes of interest to all users) should go into
+<tt>.gitattributes</tt> files.</p>
<p>Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
for a path to <tt>unspecified</tt> state. This can be done by listing
the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point <tt>!</tt>.</p>
@@ -817,7 +823,7 @@ commit hash.</p> </div>
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-Last updated 17-Feb-2008 03:50:09 UTC
+Last updated 27-Mar-2008 23:49:28 UTC
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