git-check-attr(1)
=================

NAME
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git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information


SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname...
'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths>

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

OPTIONS
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--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
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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:
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*.java diff=java -crlf myAttr
NoMyAttr.java !myAttr
README caveat=unspecified
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* Listing a single attribute:
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$ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java
org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
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* Listing multiple attributes for a file:
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$ 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 an attribute for multiple files:
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$ 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:
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$ git check-attr caveat README
README: caveat: unspecified
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SEE ALSO
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linkgit:gitattributes[5].


Author
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Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation
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Documentation by James Bowes.

GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
