[PATCH v4 1/8] clarify %f documentation

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It's natural to expect %f to be an actual file on disk; help avoid that
mistake.

Signed-off-by: Joey Hess <joeyh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index f2afdb6..197ece8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ 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
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- 
2.9.0.587.ga3bedf2

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