From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 01:05:15 GMT
Subject: Re: Consequences of CRLF in index?
Message-ID: <xmqqh8ule6yc.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAEVs+zbq_zcYjyoCPE=W3LuQxAtRz8G+qLXA31jUiw+b4A4kSg@mail.gmail.com>

Ross Kabus <rkabus@aerotech.com> writes:

> Is "* -text" in any way different than "-text" (without the * asterisk)? All
> of my .gitattributes files have "-text" (no * asterisk) and I haven't noticed
> any difference but could I be missing something subtle?
>
> ~Ross

A line in the .gitattibute file is of the form

	<pattern>	<attribute definition>...

i.e. a pattern to match paths, with a list of attribute definitions.
The asterisk they are showing in their description is the <pattern>
part, i.e. "apply the '-text' thing to paths that match '*'", which
is equivalent to saying "set text attribute to false for all paths".