NAME
git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
SYNOPSIS
git check-attr attr... [--] pathname...
git check-attr --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths>
DESCRIPTION
For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is
unspecified, set, or unset as a gitattribute on that pathname.
OPTIONS
--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 not supplied, only the first argument
will be treated as an attribute.
OUTPUT
The output is of the form: <path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info>
LF
<path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute
being queried and <info> 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.
<value>
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
o Listing a single attribute:
$ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java
org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
o 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
o 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
o Not all values are equally unambiguous:
$ git check-attr caveat README
README: caveat: unspecified
SEE ALSO
gitattributes(5).
AUTHOR
Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com[1]>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by James Bowes.
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
NOTES
1. gitster@pobox.com
mailto:gitster@pobox.com