*.java diff=java -crlf myAttr NoMyAttr.java !myAttr README caveat=unspecified
git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is unspecified, set, or unset as a gitattribute on that pathname.
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
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.
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:
when the attribute is not defined for the path.
when the attribute is defined as false.
when the attribute is defined as true.
when a value has been assigned to the attribute.
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 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
Part of the git(1) suite