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Re: [PATCH 1/2] gitattributes: Clarify discussion of attribute macros

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 3, 2011, 22:40 UTC
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<20110803224032.GA31153@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 02:40:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > I don't know if that was intentional, or if the behavior is simply
> > accidental and the original code was simply never meant to have
> > "-binary" called at all.
> 
> The latter. You were never expected to say -macro at all.

OK. Maybe we should flag an error, then? Or if not, then make the documentation more clear that it's not allowed (or even say the current behavior is reasonable, and document it).

-Peff
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Message 5 of 7 in “Clarify semantics of git attribute macros”
  1. 0/2 Clarify semantics of git attribute macrosMichael Haggerty, Aug 3, 2011
  2. 1/2 gitattributes: Clarify discussion of attribute macrosMichael Haggerty, Aug 3, 2011
  3. Jeff KingAug 3, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2011
  5. Jeff KingAug 3, 2011
  6. 2/2 gitattributes: Reword "attribute macro" to "macro attribute"Michael Haggerty, Aug 3, 2011
  7. Philip OakleyAug 3, 2011

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