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| author | Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> | 2008-10-15 09:10:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-10-16 08:40:25 -0700 |
| commit | 5782566d7f2847bd94e33fd26c8a961e887ec10a (patch) | |
| tree | de2a74b988b112400c1bbcdc2353c04da0b20a6d /Documentation/git-check-attr.txt | |
| parent | 563d5a2c84fb5daf77dd8bfe569e92566a8fd52b (diff) | |
| download | git-5782566d7f2847bd94e33fd26c8a961e887ec10a.tar.gz | |
git-check-attr(1): add output and example sections
Plumbing tools should document what output can be expected.
Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index 2b821f2a1d..4b3c2b0b06 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -22,6 +22,56 @@ OPTIONS arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will be treated as an attribute. +OUTPUT +------ + +The output is of the form: +<path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info> LF + +Where <path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute +being queried and <info> can be either: + +'unspecified';; when the attribute is not defined for the path. +'unset';; when the attribute is defined to false. +'set';; when the attribute is defined to true. +<value>;; when a value has been assigned to the attribute. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +In the examples, the following '.gitattributes' file is used: +--------------- +*.java diff=java -crlf myAttr +NoMyAttr.java !myAttr +README caveat=unspecified +--------------- + +* Listing a single attribute: +--------------- +$ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java +org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java +--------------- + +* Listing multiple attributes for a file: +--------------- +$ git check-attr crlf diff myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java +org/example/MyClass.java: crlf: unset +org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java +org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set +--------------- + +* Listing attribute for multiple files: +--------------- +$ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java +org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set +org/example/NoMyAttr.java: myAttr: unspecified +--------------- + +* Not all values are equally unambiguous: +--------------- +$ git check-attr caveat README +README: caveat: unspecified +--------------- SEE ALSO -------- |