Example session: $ git init test.git Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test.git/.git/ $ cd test.git $ mkdir "dir name" $ touch dir\ name/file.txt $ echo "dir\\ name/file.txt -text -whitespace" >> .git/info/attributes $ git add dir\ name/file.txt name/file.txt is not a valid attribute name: .git/info/attributes:1 I'm using $ git --version git version 2.5.0 Cheers, -nathan -- 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