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[PATCH] Doc: mention the crlf attribute in config autocrlf section

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MOMatthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Date
Nov 14, 2009, 18:35 UTC
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The reverse reference has long existed, and the autocrlf description was actually obsolete and wrong (saying only file content is used), not just incomplete.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d1e2120..0dc6b12 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@ core.autocrlf::
 	writing to the filesystem.  The variable can be set to
 	'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
 	reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
-	`LF` at the end of lines.  Currently, which paths to consider
-	"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
-	decided purely based on the contents.
+	`LF` at the end of lines.  A file is considered
+	"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
+	the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
+	based on the file's contents.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. 
 
 core.safecrlf::
 	If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
-- 
1.6.4.GIT
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  3. Matthew OgilvieNov 17, 2009
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