Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form:
- pattern attr1 attr2 ...
+ pattern attr1 attr2 ...
That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list,
separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are
repository. To control what line ending style is used in the working
directory, use the `eol` attribute for a single file and the
`core.eol` configuration variable for all text files.
-Note that `core.autocrlf` overrides `core.eol`
+Note that setting `core.autocrlf` to `true` or `input` overrides
+`core.eol` (see the definitions of those options in
+linkgit:git-config[1]).
Set::
attribute. If you decide to use the `working-tree-encoding` attribute
in your repository, then it is strongly recommended to ensure that all
clients working with the repository support it.
-
- For example, Microsoft Visual Studio resources files (`*.rc`) or
- PowerShell script files (`*.ps1`) are sometimes encoded in UTF-16.
- If you declare `*.ps1` as files as UTF-16 and you add `foo.ps1` with
- a `working-tree-encoding` enabled Git client, then `foo.ps1` will be
- stored as UTF-8 internally. A client without `working-tree-encoding`
- support will checkout `foo.ps1` as UTF-8 encoded file. This will
- typically cause trouble for the users of this file.
-
- If a Git client, that does not support the `working-tree-encoding`
- attribute, adds a new file `bar.ps1`, then `bar.ps1` will be
- stored "as-is" internally (in this example probably as UTF-16).
- A client with `working-tree-encoding` support will interpret the
- internal contents as UTF-8 and try to convert it to UTF-16 on checkout.
- That operation will fail and cause an error.
++
+For example, Microsoft Visual Studio resources files (`*.rc`) or
+PowerShell script files (`*.ps1`) are sometimes encoded in UTF-16.
+If you declare `*.ps1` as files as UTF-16 and you add `foo.ps1` with
+a `working-tree-encoding` enabled Git client, then `foo.ps1` will be
+stored as UTF-8 internally. A client without `working-tree-encoding`
+support will checkout `foo.ps1` as UTF-8 encoded file. This will
+typically cause trouble for the users of this file.
++
+If a Git client that does not support the `working-tree-encoding`
+attribute adds a new file `bar.ps1`, then `bar.ps1` will be
+stored "as-is" internally (in this example probably as UTF-16).
+A client with `working-tree-encoding` support will interpret the
+internal contents as UTF-8 and try to convert it to UTF-16 on checkout.
+That operation will fail and cause an error.
- Reencoding content to non-UTF encodings can cause errors as the
conversion might not be UTF-8 round trip safe. If you suspect your
Use the following attributes if your '*.ps1' files are UTF-16 little
endian encoded without BOM and you want Git to use Windows line endings
-in the working directory. Please note, it is highly recommended to
+in the working directory (use `UTF-16LE-BOM` instead of `UTF-16LE` if
+you want UTF-16 little endian with BOM).
+Please note, it is highly recommended to
explicitly define the line endings with `eol` if the `working-tree-encoding`
attribute is used to avoid ambiguity.