Make it a bit clearer that --worktree-attributes is about files in the working tree (checked out files, possibly changed) and not the current working directory ($PDW). Link to the ATTRIBUTES section, which has more details. Reported-by: Amit Bakshi <ambakshi@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Does this help a bit? Documentation/git-archive.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index b4c2e24..3dd3069 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ OPTIONS Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout. --worktree-attributes:: - Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too. + Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree + as well (see <<ATTRIBUTES>>). <extra>:: This can be any options that the archiver backend understands. -- 1.8.2.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html