docs/config: avoid the term "expand" for includes

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index e0b66c1220a7d22ef5b8eb960a4e2e389a71f884..4736483865ee56c3cf23f41985e2064fbef0cfea 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form:
        pattern attr1 attr2 ...
 
 That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list,
-separated by whitespaces.  When the pattern matches the
-path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to
-the path.
+separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are
+ignored. Lines that begin with '#' are ignored. Patterns
+that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style.
+When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes
+listed on the line are given to the path.
 
 Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path:
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
 Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the
 `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file.
 
-Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
+Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute
 for a path to `Unspecified` state.  This can be done by listing
 the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`.
 
@@ -227,11 +229,9 @@ From a clean working directory:
 
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 $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes
-$ rm .git/index     # Remove the index to force Git to
-$ git reset         # re-scan the working directory
+$ rm .git/index     # Remove the index to re-scan the working directory
+$ git add .
 $ git status        # Show files that will be normalized
-$ git add -u
-$ git add .gitattributes
 $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"
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