SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname...
-'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths>
+'git check-attr' [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname...
+'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | attr...] < <list-of-paths>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-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
-------
+-a, --all::
+ List all attributes that are associated with the specified
+ paths. If this option is used, then 'unspecified' attributes
+ will not be included in the output.
+
--stdin::
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
- arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will
- be treated as an attribute.
+ Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
+ arguments as path names.
+
+If none of `--stdin`, `--all`, or `--` is used, the first argument
+will be treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as
+pathnames.
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
+<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
---------------
-* Listing attribute for multiple files:
+* Listing all attributes for a file:
+---------------
+$ git check-attr --all -- org/example/MyClass.java
+org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
+org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
+---------------
+
+* Listing an attribute for multiple files:
---------------
$ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java
org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
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linkgit:gitattributes[5].
-
-Author
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-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by James Bowes.
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite