Merge branch 'js/maint-daemon-syslog'

[git.git] / Documentation / gitattributes.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 04ca63ca3d8b1c35c849750e66348e42a6b823a0..d7b41142d2c843bc5460f03c73c609b1c53ff4a6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ Checking-out and checking-in
 
 These attributes affect how the contents stored in the
 repository are copied to the working tree files when commands
-such as `git checkout` and `git merge` run.  They also affect how
+such as 'git-checkout' and 'git-merge' run.  They also affect how
 git stores the contents you prepare in the working tree in the
-repository upon `git add` and `git commit`.
+repository upon 'git-add' and 'git-commit'.
 
 `crlf`
 ^^^^^^
@@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ an irreversible conversion.  The safety triggers to prevent such
 a conversion done to the files in the work tree, but there are a
 few exceptions.  Even though...
 
-- "git add" itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the
+- 'git-add' itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the
   next checkout would, so the safety triggers;
 
-- "git apply" to update a text file with a patch does touch the files
+- 'git-apply' to update a text file with a patch does touch the files
   in the work tree, but the operation is about text files and CRLF
   conversion is about fixing the line ending inconsistencies, so the
   safety does not trigger;
 
-- "git diff" itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is
-  often run to inspect the changes you intend to next "git add".  To
+- 'git-diff' itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is
+  often run to inspect the changes you intend to next 'git-add'.  To
   catch potential problems early, safety triggers.
 
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ with `crlf`, and then `ident` and fed to `filter`.
 Generating diff text
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The attribute `diff` affects if `git diff` generates textual
+The attribute `diff` affects if 'git-diff' generates textual
 patch for the path or just says `Binary files differ`.  It also
 can affect what line is shown on the hunk header `@@ -k,l +n,m @@`
 line.
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ When git needs to show you a diff for the path with `diff`
 attribute set to `jcdiff`, it calls the command you specified
 with the above configuration, i.e. `j-c-diff`, with 7
 parameters, just like `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` program is called.
-See linkgit:git[7] for details.
+See linkgit:git[1] for details.
 
 
 Defining a custom hunk-header
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ is prefixed with a line of the form:
 
 The text is called 'hunk header', and by default a line that
 begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign is used,
-which matches what GNU `diff -p` output uses.  This default
+which matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses.  This default
 selection however is not suited for some contents, and you can
 use customized pattern to make a selection.
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ and other programs such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.
 Set::
 
        Built-in 3-way merge driver is used to merge the
-       contents in a way similar to `merge` command of `RCS`
+       contents in a way similar to 'merge' command of `RCS`
        suite.  This is suitable for ordinary text files.
 
 Unset::
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Checking whitespace errors
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 The `core.whitespace` configuration variable allows you to define what
-`diff` and `apply` should consider whitespace errors for all paths in
+'diff' and 'apply' should consider whitespace errors for all paths in
 the project (See linkgit:git-config[1]).  This attribute gives you finer
 control per path.
 
@@ -450,6 +450,29 @@ String::
        variable.
 
 
+Creating an archive
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`export-ignore`
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Files and directories with the attribute `export-ignore` won't be added to
+archive files.
+
+`export-subst`
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the attribute `export-subst` is set for a file then git will expand
+several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.  The
+expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e., if
+linkgit:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
+tag then no replacement will be done.  The placeholders are the same
+as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1],
+except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
+in the file.  E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
+commit hash.
+
+
 EXAMPLE
 -------
 
@@ -499,23 +522,7 @@ frotz      unspecified
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-Creating an archive
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-`export-subst`
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the attribute `export-subst` is set for a file then git will expand
-several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.  The
-expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e. if
-linkgit:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
-tag then no replacement will be done.  The placeholders are the same
-as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1],
-except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
-in the file.  E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
-commit hash.
-
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite