# .gitattributes and defaulting to binary 2 messages from 2013-09-16 to 2013-09-16. Participants: Matthieu Vachon, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34942 ## Matthieu Vachon, 2013-09-16 21:35 Subject: .gitattributes and defaulting to binary Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOTvmonjWtUM42ATpEu%2Bs6GVcpTO10BT0izXVB_aqK2npgRfWQ%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi all, I would like to craft my `.gitattributes` in a way that all files expect those specified in it are treated as binary from a line-ending normalization point of view (and diff viewing). But I was not able to achieve it right now. When having this in my `.gitattributes`, git treats all files as binary, even the one explicitly specified like `*.txt`: *.txt text * binary I tried with: *.txt text * -text And it does not seem to work correctly neither because then, my `test.txt` file is not having correct line ending when setting `core.eol` to `crlf` (or using `eol=crlf` in the `.gitattributes` file). So, is it possible to do something like that? If yes, is my sample `.gitattributes` should work? Regards, Matt ``` ## Jeff King, 2013-09-16 22:09 Subject: Re: .gitattributes and defaulting to binary Message-ID: <20130916220908.GC5477@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130916220908.GC5477%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 05:35:24PM -0400, Matthieu Vachon wrote: > But I was not able to achieve it right now. When having this in my > `.gitattributes`, git treats all files as binary, even the one > explicitly specified like `*.txt`: > > *.txt text > * binary >From "git help attributes": When more than one pattern matches the path, a later line overrides an earlier line. This overriding is done per attribute. Reversing the two lines should do what you want. You may also want to use "-text" instead of "binary"; the latter also implies "-diff", which means you will never see diffs of those files, even if they are actually text. -Peff ```