Eleventh batch for 2.10

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index e3b1de80335e713507875fb54c31c3ba5dab8c9f..34db3e219b285f13f8435ebd5307c2185fec15bf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ text file is normalized, its line endings are converted to LF in the
 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`
 
 Set::
 
@@ -130,8 +131,9 @@ Unset::
 Set to string value "auto"::
 
        When `text` is set to "auto", the path is marked for automatic
-       end-of-line normalization.  If Git decides that the content is
-       text, its line endings are normalized to LF on checkin.
+       end-of-line conversion.  If Git decides that the content is
+       text, its line endings are converted to LF on checkin.
+       When the file has been commited with CRLF, no conversion is done.
 
 Unspecified::
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ unspecified.
 ^^^^^
 
 This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the
-working directory.  It enables end-of-line normalization without any
+working directory.  It enables end-of-line conversion without any
 content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.
 
 Set to string value "crlf"::
@@ -186,9 +188,10 @@ the working directory, and prevent .jpg files from being normalized
 regardless of their content.
 
 ------------------------
+*               text=auto
 *.txt          text
-*.vcproj       eol=crlf
-*.sh           eol=lf
+*.vcproj       text eol=crlf
+*.sh           text eol=lf
 *.jpg          -text
 ------------------------
 
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ normalization in Git.
 
 If you simply want to have CRLF line endings in your working directory
 regardless of the repository you are working with, you can set the
-config variable "core.autocrlf" without changing any attributes.
+config variable "core.autocrlf" without using any attributes.
 
 ------------------------
 [core]
@@ -374,6 +377,11 @@ substitution.  For example:
        smudge = git-p4-filter --smudge %f
 ------------------------
 
+Note that "%f" is the name of the path that is being worked on. Depending
+on the version that is being filtered, the corresponding file on disk may
+not exist, or may have different contents. So, smudge and clean commands
+should not try to access the file on disk, but only act as filters on the
+content provided to them on standard input.
 
 Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -525,6 +533,8 @@ patterns are available:
 
 - `csharp` suitable for source code in the C# language.
 
+- `css` suitable for cascading style sheets.
+
 - `fortran` suitable for source code in the Fortran language.
 
 - `fountain` suitable for Fountain documents.