When setting `.gitattributes` in a second worktree, a plain `rm .git/index` does not actually delete the index. Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 473648386..2a2d7e2a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ From a clean working directory: ------------------------------------------------- $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes -$ rm .git/index # Remove the index to re-scan the working directory +$ git read-tree --empty # Clean index, force re-scan of working directory $ git add . $ git status # Show files that will be normalized $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization" -- 2.13.0