git-check-attr(1)

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

6       git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
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SYNOPSIS

9       git check-attr [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>...
10       git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...]
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DESCRIPTION

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

17       -a, --all
18           List all attributes that are associated with the specified paths.
19           If this option is used, then unspecified attributes will not be
20           included in the output.
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22       --cached
23           Consider .gitattributes in the index only, ignoring the working
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26       --stdin
27           Read pathnames from the standard input, one per line, instead of
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31           The output format is modified to be machine-parsable. If --stdin is
32           also given, input paths are separated with a NUL character instead
33           of a linefeed character.
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36           Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
37           arguments as path names.
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39       If none of --stdin, --all, or -- is used, the first argument will be
40       treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as pathnames.
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OUTPUT

43       The output is of the form: <path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info>
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46       unless -z is in effect, in which case NUL is used as delimiter: <path>
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49       <path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute
50       being queried and <info> can be either:
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53           when the attribute is not defined for the path.
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56           when the attribute is defined as false.
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59           when the attribute is defined as true.
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62           when a value has been assigned to the attribute.
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64       Buffering happens as documented under the GIT_FLUSH option in git(1).
65       The caller is responsible for avoiding deadlocks caused by overfilling
66       an input buffer or reading from an empty output buffer.
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EXAMPLES

69       In the examples, the following .gitattributes file is used:
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71           *.java diff=java -crlf myAttr
72           NoMyAttr.java !myAttr
73           README caveat=unspecified
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75       •   Listing a single attribute:
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77           $ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java
78           org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
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80       •   Listing multiple attributes for a file:
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82           $ git check-attr crlf diff myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java
83           org/example/MyClass.java: crlf: unset
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85           org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
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87       •   Listing all attributes for a file:
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90           org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
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93       •   Listing an attribute for multiple files:
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95           $ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java
96           org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
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99       •   Not all values are equally unambiguous:
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101           $ git check-attr caveat README
102           README: caveat: unspecified
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GIT

108       Part of the git(1) suite
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112Git 2.39.1                        2023-01-13                 GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1)