From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6904120248 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:22:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726663AbfCPMW1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:22:27 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:47120 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726571AbfCPMW1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:22:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=gNTrpXhcHwVPzus11LjYvuMlo0cJ1P5D81cAW+f7aAc=; b=g46Zot6HU4ePvaaz6FVJff7Drn 2+O4q8HrgJ4AWqKyi4Cb9kLWJHLbR8VOOjPWlCUaQLxFyA6JGJQrm325emqBzr4lXwWu/e4KFERlx /lNzzOv6IUmomNnETQhSxUpPl3WZR/pZ5nkuTCQZv4xHXaOzPUFHQiA6qG2M4H/rUS8ZV0x3CnbxD 8j6gzkaFEAxySnBBomzwUg2KicD9gKfcxCEnpG7gKp89CFrMUnMdu/4kPB96tNoZJpKRajcBfQMYo 3tbU0xL6ZQKaUOiRA5DKGG62k2Lyg4LRkAtGc5shbW22E8w0VYvZJWRHDIUvPKOTr9yJEEKIbq6wh JSVv+mpQ==; Received: from cpef81d0f814063-cmf81d0f814060.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.57.56]:43546 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1h58KX-00AwZj-5x for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:22:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:22:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: "man gitattributes" doesn't explain comma-separated attribute values Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org more nitpicking, but i'm working my way through the intricacies of attributes and putting together some (allegedly) simple examples for a class i'm giving on monday, and i noted a couple possible shortcomings in "man gitattributes". as a working example, i looked at the top-level .gitattributes file in the git source code itself, which opens with: * whitespace=!indent,trail,space *.[ch] whitespace=indent,trail,space diff=cpp *.sh whitespace=indent,trail,space eol=lf ... snip ... first observation is that i see nothing in the man page that explains the notion of a comma-separated list of attribute values. maybe i missed it or maybe it's supposed to be intuitively obvious, but there's nothing i can see that mentions the possibility. related to that is that there is no explanation as to how to interpret: * whitespace=!indent,trail,space does the "!" apply to "indent" or to the entire list? the man page doesn't say. just being pedantic again. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================