Merge branch 'js/log-rewrap'

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 55668e345f9dd43f2f9850463503cda50f656641..1f472cea59a64023d91d25b09cc4d6f0aa39bc28 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ same as in `.gitignore` files; see linkgit:gitignore[5].
 When deciding what attributes are assigned to a path, git
 consults `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file (which has the highest
 precedence), `.gitattributes` file in the same directory as the
-path in question, and its parent directories (the further the
-directory that contains `.gitattributes` is from the path in
-question, the lower its precedence).
+path in question, and its parent directories up to the toplevel of the
+work tree (the further the directory that contains `.gitattributes`
+is from the path in question, the lower its precedence).
 
 If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign
 attributes to files that are particular to one user's workflow), then
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ for paths.
 
 Then, you would define a "diff.tex.xfuncname" configuration to
 specify a regular expression that matches a line that you would
-want to appear as the hunk header "TEXT", like this:
+want to appear as the hunk header "TEXT". Add a section to your
+`$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file) like this:
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "tex"]
@@ -345,7 +346,8 @@ split words in a line, by specifying an appropriate regular expression
 in the "diff.*.wordRegex" configuration variable.  For example, in TeX
 a backslash followed by a sequence of letters forms a command, but
 several such commands can be run together without intervening
-whitespace.  To separate them, use a regular expression such as
+whitespace.  To separate them, use a regular expression in your
+`$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file) like this:
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "tex"]
@@ -373,7 +375,8 @@ resulting text on stdout.
 
 For example, to show the diff of the exif information of a
 file instead of the binary information (assuming you have the
-exif tool installed):
+exif tool installed), add the following section to your
+`$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file):
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "jpg"]
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ Performing a three-way merge
 
 The attribute `merge` affects how three versions of a file is
 merged when a file-level merge is necessary during `git merge`,
-and other programs such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.
+and other commands such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.
 
 Set::
 
@@ -557,6 +560,16 @@ in the file.  E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
 commit hash.
 
 
+Packing objects
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`delta`
+^^^^^^^
+
+Delta compression will not be attempted for blobs for paths with the
+attribute `delta` set to false.
+
+
 Viewing files in GUI tools
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~