When setting the `eol` attribute, paths can change their dirty status without any change in the working directory. This can cause confusion and should at least be mentioned with a remedy. Reviewed-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index c4f2be2..b940d37 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ 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 CRLF line +endings makes the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to the +index again will normalize the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: -- 2.9.5
