t3504: use test_commit

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 4736483865ee56c3cf23f41985e2064fbef0cfea..2a2d7e2a4d2a9cab2af8bd881dd880ca2a52235a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ From a clean working directory:
 
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 $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes
-$ rm .git/index     # Remove the index to re-scan the working directory
+$ git read-tree --empty   # Clean index, force re-scan of working directory
 $ git add .
 $ git status        # Show files that will be normalized
 $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"