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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 676f694f82..dd51aa11ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -164,11 +164,10 @@ but makes the filter a no-op passthru. The content filtering is done to massage the content into a shape that is more convenient for the platform, filesystem, and the user to use. The keyword here is "more convenient" and not -"turning something unusable into usable". In other words, it is -"hanging yourself because we gave you a long rope" if your -project uses filtering mechanism in such a way that it makes -your project unusable unless the checkout is done with a -specific filter in effect. +"turning something unusable into usable". In other words, the +intent is that if someone unsets the filter driver definition, +or does not have the appropriate filter program, the project +should still be usable. Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes |