Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Quoting "Peter Valdemar Mrch (Lists)" <4ux6as402@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> The '-trailing-space' syntax to disable the trailing-space setting is >> not obvious and not documented as far as I can see. I would have >> assumed a value of '' would disable it. >> >> Is there a documentation bug here? If so, I suggest this patch. I >> didn't find anywhere else where the '-setting' syntax was used to >> disable something. > > Doesn't gitattributes(5) describe the overall syntax in detail? Yes, but as Peter says in his reply to you, it only talks about [-!]name syntax to force the variable to unset (with '-' prefix) and to revert the variable to the unspecified state (with '!' prefix). Various "values" given to the whitespace attribute actually act as if they are sub-variables and obey the similar "[-]name" rule, but (1) that is left unsaid, and (2) in that context '!' does not make sense so only '-' has any meaning. We would certainly need to clarify that. So I think Peter's patch is going in the right direction. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
