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Re: .git/info/attributes not cloned

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 27, 2008, 04:53 UTC
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<20080327045342.GC6426@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 03:48:31PM +1100, Toby Corkindale wrote:
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>> I vaguely recall some discussion of this in the past, so maybe it isn't
>> a good idea. But I would think changing git-archive to respect
>> .gitattributes might be worth doing (presumably the version of
>> .gitattributes from the tree that is being exported).
>
> Respecting the repo's .gitattributes would feel right. It seems unusual  
> (to me) that it bypasses $REMOTE/.gitattributes, but DOES check  
> $REMOTE/info/attributes.

I agree that it seems like a bug. You might search the list archives for discussion around the export_subst attribute to see if it was discussed then or if it is simply an omission.

-Peff
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  1. Toby CorkindaleMar 27, 2008
  2. Jeff KingMar 27, 2008
  3. Toby CorkindaleMar 27, 2008
  4. Jeff KingMar 27, 2008
  5. Toby CorkindaleMar 27, 2008
  6. Jeff KingMar 27, 2008
  7. [BUG?] git-archive ignores remote .gitattributes (was: .git/info/attributes not cloned)Toby Corkindale, Mar 28, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 28, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiMar 28, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMar 28, 2008
  11. Jeff KingMar 31, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2008
  13. Toby CorkindaleApr 10, 2008

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