static unsigned hash_name(const char *name, int namelen)
 {
-       unsigned val = 0;
-       unsigned char c;
+       unsigned val = 0, c;
 
        while (namelen--) {
                c = *name++;
                if (is_macro)
                        res->u.attr = git_attr(name, namelen);
                else {
-                       res->u.pattern = (char*)&(res->state[num_attr]);
+                       res->u.pattern = (char *)&(res->state[num_attr]);
                        memcpy(res->u.pattern, name, namelen);
                        res->u.pattern[namelen] = 0;
                }
                            setto == ATTR__UNKNOWN)
                                ;
                        else
-                               free((char*) setto);
+                               free((char *) setto);
                }
                free(a);
        }
                if (!res)
                        res = read_attr_from_file(path, macro_ok);
        }
-       else {
+       else if (direction == GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN) {
                res = read_attr_from_file(path, macro_ok);
                if (!res)
                        /*
                         */
                        res = read_attr_from_index(path, macro_ok);
        }
+       else
+               res = read_attr_from_index(path, macro_ok);
        if (!res)
                res = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*res));
        return res;
                elem->prev = attr_stack;
                attr_stack = elem;
 
-               if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+               if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
                        elem = read_attr(GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, 1);
                        elem->origin = strdup("");
                        elem->prev = attr_stack;
        /*
         * Read from parent directories and push them down
         */
-       if (!is_bare_repository()) {
+       if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
                while (1) {
                        char *cp;
 
                }
        }
 
+       strbuf_release(&pathbuf);
+
        /*
         * Finally push the "info" one at the top of the stack.
         */
 void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new, struct index_state *istate)
 {
        enum git_attr_direction old = direction;
+
+       if (is_bare_repository() && new != GIT_ATTR_INDEX)
+               die("BUG: non-INDEX attr direction in a bare repo");
+
        direction = new;
        if (new != old)
                drop_attr_stack();