Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Yeah, you're right. I forgot about attr.tree (does not seem to be > documented, by the way) We do have an entry in Documentation/config/attr.txt that describes the three; I simply assumed it is not documented as I didn't see it mentioned in Documentation/git.txt where --attr-source & GIT_ATTR_SOURCE are described. We may want to add something like this, perhaps? ----- >8 ----- Subject: doc: give attr.tree a bit more visibility In "git help config" output, attr.tree mentions both --attr-source and GIT_ATTR_SOURCE, but the description of --attr-source and GIT_ATTR_SOURCE that appear in "git help git", attr.tree is missing. Add it so that these three are described together in both places. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git c/Documentation/git.txt w/Documentation/git.txt index d15a869762..13f6785408 100644 --- c/Documentation/git.txt +++ w/Documentation/git.txt @@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use --attr-source=<tree-ish>:: Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. This is equivalent to setting the - `GIT_ATTR_SOURCE` environment variable. + `GIT_ATTR_SOURCE` environment variable. The `attr.tree` + configuration variable is used as a fallback when this option + or the environment variable are not in use. + GIT COMMANDS ------------
