Merge branch 'sp/maint-describe-all-tag-warning' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 314e2d32e547308c12b28fe075e4c93aa2481533..8af22eccac85492416d36259baa60594c9b8382f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ few exceptions.  Even though...
 `ident`
 ^^^^^^^
 
-When the attribute `ident` is set to a path, git replaces
-`$Id$` in the blob object with `$Id:`, followed by
+When the attribute `ident` is set for a path, git replaces
+`$Id$` in the blob object with `$Id:`, followed by the
 40-character hexadecimal blob object name, followed by a dollar
 sign `$` upon checkout.  Any byte sequence that begins with
 `$Id:` and ends with `$` in the worktree file is replaced
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ with `crlf`, and then `ident` and fed to `filter`.
 Generating diff text
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+`diff`
+^^^^^^
+
 The attribute `diff` affects how 'git' generates diffs for particular
 files. It can tell git whether to generate a textual patch for the path
 or to treat the path as a binary file.  It can also affect what line is
@@ -371,6 +374,9 @@ addition to_ the usual binary diff that you might send.
 Performing a three-way merge
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+`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`.
@@ -529,6 +535,23 @@ in the file.  E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
 commit hash.
 
 
+Viewing files in GUI tools
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`encoding`
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The value of this attribute specifies the character encoding that should
+be used by GUI tools (e.g. linkgit:gitk[1] and linkgit:git-gui[1]) to
+display the contents of the relevant file. Note that due to performance
+considerations linkgit:gitk[1] does not use this attribute unless you
+manually enable per-file encodings in its options.
+
+If this attribute is not set or has an invalid value, the value of the
+`gui.encoding` configuration variable is used instead
+(See linkgit:git-config[1]).
+
+
 USING ATTRIBUTE MACROS
 ----------------------