DESCRIPTION
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-For every pathname, this command will list if each attr is 'unspecified',
+For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is 'unspecified',
'set', or 'unset' as a gitattribute on that pathname.
OPTIONS
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
-z::
- Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with
- NUL character instead of LF.
+ Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with a
+ NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
\--::
- Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes, and all following
+ Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will
be treated as an attribute.
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
+<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.
+'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
org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
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-* Listing attribute for multiple files:
+* 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