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Re: git diff bug?

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David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date
Apr 6, 2009, 17:58 UTC
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On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Michael J Gruber wrote:
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> Well, I don't think anayone else has tried putting config lines into
> .gitattributes ;)
>
> The "*.el" line goes into .gitattributes (or .git/info/a...), the  
> other
> lines are config lines and thus goe into .git/config or .gitconfig.

Aha, thanks. The hunk header section in the gitattributes manpage turns out to be the only one that shows config stuff without mentioning a config file, thus my confusion. I suggest a tiny patch ('cept I don't know how to write manpage format)

-- David Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://boostpro.com

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