When setting the `eol` attribute, paths can change their dirty status without any change in the working directory. This can cause confusion and should at least be mentioned with a remedy.
Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel <maths...@gmail.com> --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index c4f2be2..3044b71 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ unspecified. This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with different +line endings than the attribute indicates the paths to be considered +dirty. Adding the path to the index again will normalize the line +endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: -- 2.9.5
