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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-02-27 15:37:49 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-02-27 15:37:49 -0800 |
commit | cbe0eb29622a497f18818e4481f27636446b86d7 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/gitattributes.html b/gitattributes.html index b5c684c7c..1b0185ea5 100644 --- a/gitattributes.html +++ b/gitattributes.html @@ -761,9 +761,11 @@ gitattributes(5) Manual Page <pre><code>pattern attr1 attr2 ...</code></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list,
-separated by whitespaces. When the pattern matches the
-path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to
-the path.</p></div>
+separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are
+ignored. Lines that begin with <em>#</em> are ignored. Patterns
+that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style.
+When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes
+listed on the line are given to the path.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path:</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
@@ -838,7 +840,7 @@ Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the
<code>$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes</code> file.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute
for a path to <code>Unspecified</code> state. This can be done by listing
the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point <code>!</code>.</p></div>
</div>
@@ -2014,7 +2016,7 @@ frotz unspecified</code></pre> <div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
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-Last updated 2016-12-27 14:37:07 PST
+Last updated 2017-02-27 15:37:25 PST
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