GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1)GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1)NAMEgit-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
SYNOPSIS
git check-attr attr... [--] pathname...
git check-attr --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths>
DESCRIPTION
For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is unspec-
ified, set, or unset as a gitattribute on that pathname.
OPTIONS--stdin
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
-z Only meaningful with --stdin; paths are separated with a NUL
character instead of a linefeed character.
-- Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all follow-
ing 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
<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 as false.
set when the attribute is defined as true.
<value>
when a value has been assigned to the attribute.
EXAMPLES
In the examples, the following .gitattributes file is used:
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*.java diff=java -crlf myAttr
NoMyAttr.java !myAttr
README caveat=unspecified
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o Listing a single attribute:
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$ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java
org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
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o Listing multiple attributes for a file:
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$ 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
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o Listing an attribute for multiple files:
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$ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java
org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
org/example/NoMyAttr.java: myAttr: unspecified
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o Not all values are equally unambiguous:
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$ git check-attr caveat README
README: caveat: unspecified
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SEE ALSOgitattributes(5).
AUTHOR
Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com: mailto:gitster@pobox.com>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by James Bowes.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
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