GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1) Git Manual GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1)

NAME
       git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information

SYNOPSIS
       git check-attr [-a | all | attr...] [] pathname...
       git check-attr stdin [-z] [-a | all | attr...] < 


DESCRIPTION
       For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is
       unspecified, set, or unset as a gitattribute on that pathname.

OPTIONS
       -a, all
           List all attributes that are associated with the specified paths.
           If this option is used, then unspecified attributes will not be
           included in the output.

       cached
           Consider .gitattributes in the index only, ignoring the working
           tree.

       stdin
           Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.

       -z
           Only meaningful with stdin; paths are separated with a NUL
           character instead of a linefeed character.

       
           Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
           arguments as path names.

       If none of stdin, all, or  is used, the first argument will be
       treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as pathnames.

OUTPUT
       The output is of the form:  COLON SP  COLON SP 
       LF

        is the path of a file being queried,  is an attribute
       being queried and  can be either:

       unspecified
           when the attribute is not defined for the path.

       unset
           when the attribute is defined as false.

       set
           when the attribute is defined as true.

       
           when a value has been assigned to the attribute.

EXAMPLES
       In the examples, the following .gitattributes file is used:

           *.java diff=java -crlf myAttr
           NoMyAttr.java !myAttr
           README caveat=unspecified



       ·   Listing a single attribute:

           $ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java
           org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java



       ·   Listing multiple attributes for a file:

           $ git check-attr crlf diff myAttr  org/example/MyClass.java
           org/example/MyClass.java: crlf: unset
           org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
           org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set



       ·   Listing all attributes for a file:

           $ git check-attr all  org/example/MyClass.java
           org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
           org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set



       ·   Listing an attribute for multiple files:

           $ git check-attr myAttr  org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java
           org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
           org/example/NoMyAttr.java: myAttr: unspecified



       ·   Not all values are equally unambiguous:

           $ git check-attr caveat README
           README: caveat: unspecified


SEE ALSO
       gitattributes(5).

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



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