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Re: .gitattributes override behavior (possible bug, or documentation bug)

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 20, 2018, 04:12 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:17:04PM -0400, Dakota Hawkins wrote:
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> Sorry to tack on to my previous email, but I just thought of this:
> 
> If something like "-diff=lfs" won't do what I (and git-lfs) thought it
> would, do you think it would be prudent/reasonable to suggest git-lfs
> add a "no-lfs" filter for exactly this case? That way I could have
> explicit exclusions without any "diff=foo" shenanigans.

It might be if my earlier email weren't totally wrong. ;) I think the "!filter" syntax that Junio mentioned would do what you want.

-Peff
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