From: Ben Boeckel Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:19:36 GMT Subject: [PATCH v3] Documentation: mention that `eol` can change the dirty status of paths Message-ID: <20170831131936.26226-1-mathstuf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170822174918.GA1005@megas.kitware.com> When setting the `eol` attribute, paths can change their dirty status without any change in the working directory. This can cause confusion and should at least be mentioned with a remedy. Reviewed-by: Torsten Bögershausen Reviewed-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index c4f2be2..4c68bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ unspecified. This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line +endings may make the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to +the index again will normalize the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: -- 2.9.5