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Re: gitattributes don't work

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Marcin Wiśnicki <mwisnicki@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 4, 2011, 02:16 UTC
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:34:00 +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
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> 2011/1/3 Marcin Wiśnicki <mwisnicki@gmail.com>:
>>
>> According to gitattributes(5) it supports patterns from gitignore(5).
> 
> While gitattributes(5) says that, actually gitattributes and gitignore
> [snip]
> Yeah, it looks like a bug to me. A better way to solve this once and for
> [snip]
> For the time being, anyone who changes gitignore should be reminded to
> consider whether it's applicable to gitattributes and vice versa.

I think that for the time being at least the manual page must change to reflect reality.

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  1. Marcin WiśnickiJan 3, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 3, 2011
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 3, 2011
  4. Marcin WiśnickiJan 4, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2011

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