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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 20cf8ff816..c4bcbb9358 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -360,6 +360,37 @@ When left unspecified, the driver itself is used for both internal merge and the final merge. +Checking whitespace errors +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`whitespace` +^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The `core.whitespace` configuration variable allows you to define what +`diff` and `apply` should consider whitespace errors for all paths in +the project (See gitlink:git-config[1]). This attribute gives you finer +control per path. + +Set:: + + Notice all types of potential whitespace errors known to git. + +Unset:: + + Do not notice anything as error. + +Unspecified:: + + Use the value of `core.whitespace` configuration variable to + decide what to notice as error. + +String:: + + Specify a comma separate list of common whitespace problems to + notice in the same format as `core.whitespace` configuration + variable. + + EXAMPLE ------- |