On 2014-04-11 22.20, Frank Ammeter wrote: > I’m not a git expert and this might be the wrong place to ask this question, > so please send me somewhere else if I’m in the wrong place. > > I asked the same question on stack overflow, but didn’t get any response: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22823004/files-incorrectly-reported-modified-git-attributes-buggy-leading-to-inconsist > > If a file is committed with crlf line endings with the text attribute unset > in the working tree, but the text attribute is set in the repo, the file will > be incorrectly shown as modified - for all users checking out the file. > Resetting or manually modifying the file will not help - The only remedy is > to commit the .gitattributes with the text attribute set for the file. > > Wouldn’t it be better to only consider the checked-in gitattributes instead > of the attributes in the working tree? No. If you change stuff in your working tree (and .gitattributes is a part of the working tree) how should Git know what you want? The primary assumption is that you know what you are doing in the working tree. > Is this a bug in git handling gitattributes or is this wrong usage? I thinkk No, yes.
If it is wrong usage, is it documented anywhere? Please have a look here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html And if you think that the documentation can be improved, please feel free to send suggestions. A simple "git diff" is a good start, and a patch with a commit message is even better. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
