GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1)                                            GIT-CHECK-ATTR(1)



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).


GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite




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