Re: [BUG?] Spaces not allowed in directory names in .git/info/attributes

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 23, 2016, 20:30 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmvng8qle.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAO8RVveOwrS6+pTnHY36d1Nk_B_VJD022W9i8STnNb-KyMkqNg@mail.gmail.com>

Nathan Collins <nathan.collins@gmail.com> writes:

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> Example session:
>
>     $ git init test.git
>     Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test.git/.git/
>     $ cd test.git
>     $ mkdir "dir name"
>     $ touch dir\ name/file.txt
>     $ echo "dir\\ name/file.txt -text -whitespace" >> .git/info/attributes
>     $ git add dir\ name/file.txt
>     name/file.txt is not a valid attribute name: .git/info/attributes:1

That's because spaces are not allowed in paths there.

	echo "dir?name/file.txt -text" >.git/info/attributes

may be an easy workaround for now.