Merge branch 'ew/git-svn-http-tests'

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 8882a3e9148622a1e9feb69679766663928b89e3..b40068bdfd14767fbfa659576f434944f4225b5e 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]