On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 17:17:41 -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt > index c4f2be2..3044b71 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt > @@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ unspecified. > > This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the > working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any > -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. > +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that > +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with different > +line endings than the attribute indicates the paths to be considered Oops, missed a "causes" in here. -----------^ I'll wait on uploading a new patch until after feedback on this one. > +dirty. Adding the path to the index again will normalize the line > +endings in the index. --Ben
