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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-01-27 10:44:04 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-01-27 10:44:04 -0800
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Merge branch 'mh/attr-macro-doc'
* mh/attr-macro-doc: gitattributes: document more clearly where macros are allowed
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@@ -930,9 +930,12 @@ state.
DEFINING MACRO ATTRIBUTES
-------------------------
-Custom macro attributes can be defined only in the `.gitattributes`
-file at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory). The built-in
-macro attribute "binary" is equivalent to:
+Custom macro attributes can be defined only in top-level gitattributes
+files (`$GIT_DIR/info/attributes`, the `.gitattributes` file at the
+top level of the working tree, or the global or system-wide
+gitattributes files), not in `.gitattributes` files in working tree
+subdirectories. The built-in macro attribute "binary" is equivalent
+to:
------------
[attr]binary -diff -merge -text