These attributes affect how the contents stored in the
repository are copied to the working tree files when commands
-such as 'git-checkout' and 'git-merge' run. They also affect how
+such as 'git checkout' and 'git merge' run. They also affect how
git stores the contents you prepare in the working tree in the
-repository upon 'git-add' and 'git-commit'.
+repository upon 'git add' and 'git commit'.
`crlf`
^^^^^^
a conversion done to the files in the work tree, but there are a
few exceptions. Even though...
-- 'git-add' itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the
+- 'git add' itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the
next checkout would, so the safety triggers;
-- 'git-apply' to update a text file with a patch does touch the files
+- 'git apply' to update a text file with a patch does touch the files
in the work tree, but the operation is about text files and CRLF
conversion is about fixing the line ending inconsistencies, so the
safety does not trigger;
-- 'git-diff' itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is
- often run to inspect the changes you intend to next 'git-add'. To
+- 'git diff' itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is
+ often run to inspect the changes you intend to next 'git add'. To
catch potential problems early, safety triggers.
internal merge and the final merge.
+`conflict-marker-size`
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This attribute controls the length of conflict markers left in
+the work tree file during a conflicted merge. Only setting to
+the value to a positive integer has any meaningful effect.
+
+For example, this line in `.gitattributes` can be used to tell the merge
+machinery to leave much longer (instead of the usual 7-character-long)
+conflict markers when merging the file `Documentation/git-merge.txt`
+results in a conflict.
+
+------------------------
+Documentation/git-merge.txt conflict-marker-size=32
+------------------------
+
+
Checking whitespace errors
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