# [PATCH 1/1] doc: Mention info/attributes in gitrepository-layout 2 messages from 2017-11-22 to 2017-11-22. Participants: Steffen Prohaska, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/47294 ## Steffen Prohaska, 2017-11-22 08:58 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] doc: Mention info/attributes in gitrepository-layout Message-ID: <20171122085814.8563-1-prohaska@zib.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20171122085814.8563-1-prohaska%40zib.de ``` Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska --- Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index adf9554ad2..c60bcad44a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ info/exclude:: 'git clean' look at it but the core Git commands do not look at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5]. +info/attributes:: + Defines which attributes to assign to a path, similar to per-directory + `.gitattributes` files. See also: linkgit:gitattributes[5]. + info/sparse-checkout:: This file stores sparse checkout patterns. See also: linkgit:git-read-tree[1]. -- 2.15.0.5.g43a9009988 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2017-11-22 15:54 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] doc: Mention info/attributes in gitrepository-layout Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqmv3es407.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: <20171122085814.8563-1-prohaska@zib.de> ``` Steffen Prohaska writes: > Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska > --- > Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt > index adf9554ad2..c60bcad44a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt > @@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ info/exclude:: > 'git clean' look at it but the core Git commands do not look > at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5]. > > +info/attributes:: > + Defines which attributes to assign to a path, similar to per-directory > + `.gitattributes` files. See also: linkgit:gitattributes[5]. > + Makes sense, but don't we also want to mention a bit more than "similar to"? The entries in this file is treated as higher priority than the in-tree .gitattributes file, which allows us to use it to locally override the choice made by the project. > info/sparse-checkout:: > This file stores sparse checkout patterns. > See also: linkgit:git-read-tree[1]. ```