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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) | |
tree | da1fda656a0a1af2c8056d46ac3175ddcf876b70 /gitattributes.txt | |
parent | fa0dac3fc7e469b539896aae52323ed08805a46c (diff) | |
download | git-htmldocs-cbe0eb29622a497f18818e4481f27636446b86d7.tar.gz |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.12.0-189-g3bc532
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diff --git a/gitattributes.txt b/gitattributes.txt index e0b66c122..a53d093ca 100644 --- a/gitattributes.txt +++ b/gitattributes.txt @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form: pattern attr1 attr2 ... 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. +separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are +ignored. Lines that begin with '#' 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. Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path: @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file. -Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute +Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute for a path to `Unspecified` state. This can be done by listing the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`. |