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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-08-08 14:48:43 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-08-08 14:48:43 -0700 |
| commit | 104985c59eb5f318daf6732af9a2b7a9f63d0857 (patch) | |
| tree | cffe5e6bcb83ac6d2fbb687ab1d34a6344084417 /Documentation/gitattributes.txt | |
| parent | ffdcac4bc59a58fd0c4b99ce2d92c828c5b5fcae (diff) | |
| parent | 52db4b0467f157230d2746f10435d070ad859bae (diff) | |
| download | git-104985c59eb5f318daf6732af9a2b7a9f63d0857.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'jh/clean-smudge-f-doc'
A minor documentation update.
* jh/clean-smudge-f-doc:
clarify %f documentation
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index b40068bdfd..34db3e219b 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ substitution. For example: smudge = git-p4-filter --smudge %f ------------------------ +Note that "%f" is the name of the path that is being worked on. Depending +on the version that is being filtered, the corresponding file on disk may +not exist, or may have different contents. So, smudge and clean commands +should not try to access the file on disk, but only act as filters on the +content provided to them on standard input. Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |