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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-check-attr.txt')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index 8c2ac12f5..50824e3a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -For every pathname, this command will list if each attr is 'unspecified', +For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is 'unspecified', 'set', or 'unset' as a gitattribute on that pathname. OPTIONS @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ OPTIONS Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line. -z:: - Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with - NUL character instead of LF. + 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 + 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. @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ OUTPUT The output is of the form: <path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info> LF -Where <path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute +<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 to false. -'set';; when the attribute is defined to true. +'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 @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set --------------- -* Listing attribute for multiple files: +* Listing an attribute for multiple files: --------------- $ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set |