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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: .git/info/attributes not cloned
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:53:42 -0400
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 03:48:31PM +1100, Toby Corkindale wrote:

>> I vaguely recall some discussion of this in the past, so maybe it isn't
>> a good idea. But I would think changing git-archive to respect
>> .gitattributes might be worth doing (presumably the version of
>> .gitattributes from the tree that is being exported).
>
> Respecting the repo's .gitattributes would feel right. It seems unusual  
> (to me) that it bypasses $REMOTE/.gitattributes, but DOES check  
> $REMOTE/info/attributes.

I agree that it seems like a bug. You might search the list archives for
discussion around the export_subst attribute to see if it was discussed
then or if it is simply an omission.

-Peff