# [PATCH] gitattributes: document more clearly where macros are allowed 1 messages from 2014-01-14 to 2014-01-14. Participants: Michael Haggerty. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35651 ## Michael Haggerty, 2014-01-14 02:58 Subject: [PATCH] gitattributes: document more clearly where macros are allowed Message-ID: <1389668329-15719-1-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1389668329-15719-1-git-send-email-mhagger%40alum.mit.edu ``` The old text made it sound like macros are only allowed in the .gitattributes file at the top-level of the working tree. Make it clear that they are also allowed in $GIT_DIR/info/attributes and in the global and system-wide gitattributes files. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index b322a26..643c1ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -930,9 +930,12 @@ state. DEFINING MACRO ATTRIBUTES ------------------------- -Custom macro attributes can be defined only in the `.gitattributes` -file at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory). The built-in -macro attribute "binary" is equivalent to: +Custom macro attributes can be defined only in top-level gitattributes +files (`$GIT_DIR/info/attributes`, the `.gitattributes` file at the +top level of the working tree, or the global or system-wide +gitattributes files), not in `.gitattributes` files in working tree +subdirectories. The built-in macro attribute "binary" is equivalent +to: ------------ [attr]binary -diff -merge -text -- 1.8.5.2 ```