{"thread":{"id":"47294","subject":"[PATCH 1/1] doc: Mention info/attributes in gitrepository-layout","startedAt":"2017-11-22T13:11:32Z","lastAt":"2017-11-22T15:54:42Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Steffen Prohaska","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":1},"messages":[{"id":"333271","messageId":"20171122085814.8563-1-prohaska@zib.de","threadId":"47294","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH 1/1] doc: Mention info/attributes in gitrepository-layout","fromName":"Steffen Prohaska","fromEmail":"prohaska@zib.de","sentAt":"2017-11-22T08:58:14Z","receivedAt":"2017-11-22T13:11:32Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"prohaska@zib.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/217580?v=4"},"body":"Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>\n---\n Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt | 4 ++++\n 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt\nindex adf9554ad2..c60bcad44a 100644\n--- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt\n@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ info/exclude::\n \t'git clean' look at it but the core Git commands do not look\n \tat it.  See also: linkgit:gitignore[5].\n \n+info/attributes::\n+\tDefines which attributes to assign to a path, similar to per-directory\n+\t`.gitattributes` files.   See also: linkgit:gitattributes[5].\n+\n info/sparse-checkout::\n \tThis file stores sparse checkout patterns.\n \tSee also: linkgit:git-read-tree[1].\n-- \n2.15.0.5.g43a9009988\n\n"},{"id":"333283","messageId":"xmqqmv3es407.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com","threadId":"47294","inReplyTo":"20171122085814.8563-1-prohaska@zib.de","subject":"Re: [PATCH 1/1] doc: Mention info/attributes in gitrepository-layout","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2017-11-22T15:54:32Z","receivedAt":"2017-11-22T15:54:42Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:\n\n> Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>\n> ---\n>  Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt | 4 ++++\n>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)\n>\n> diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt\n> index adf9554ad2..c60bcad44a 100644\n> --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt\n> +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt\n> @@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ info/exclude::\n>  \t'git clean' look at it but the core Git commands do not look\n>  \tat it.  See also: linkgit:gitignore[5].\n>  \n> +info/attributes::\n> +\tDefines which attributes to assign to a path, similar to per-directory\n> +\t`.gitattributes` files.   See also: linkgit:gitattributes[5].\n> +\n\nMakes sense, but don't we also want to mention a bit more than\n\"similar to\"?  The entries in this file is treated as higher\npriority than the in-tree .gitattributes file, which allows us to\nuse it to locally override the choice made by the project.\n\n>  info/sparse-checkout::\n>  \tThis file stores sparse checkout patterns.\n>  \tSee also: linkgit:git-read-tree[1].\n"}]}