Let core.attributesfile default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 20e95318f3d998306d0ccbb174edc3e25ea87cf5..db07459bbb3380fb0af1b403227a95ec67f4d6f6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ core.attributesfile::
        In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
        '.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes
        (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
-       way as for `core.excludesfile`.
+       way as for `core.excludesfile`. Its default value is
+       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not
+       set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
 
 core.editor::
        Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit