From: Brandon McCaig <bamccaig@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:12:50 GMT
Subject: Re: wrong handling of text git attribute leading to files incorrectly reported as modified
Message-ID: <CANUGeEYoS+t57jfpEoZE-2u_cD1uOD5pdp=yF--Rhpb9z91qxQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <D552B854-59FB-406A-8CDE-3A1269CD0F6E@ammeter.ch>

Frank:

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Frank Ammeter <git@ammeter.ch> wrote:
> I don’t see that argument.
> I don’t know why at the time of a commit git should read unstaged files from my working tree - that affect my commit.

.gitignore works the exact same way. If you modify .gitignore then git
status will immediately reflect those changes. You don't even have to
store either file in the repository (.gitignore or .gitattributes).
That is for your benefit, and for easily sharing that configuration
with collaborators. Git only cares that the file exists in your
working tree at run-time.

Regards,


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