SYNOPSIS
git check-attr [-a | --all | attr…] [--] pathname… git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | 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
- -a, --all
-
List all attributes that are associated with the specified paths. If this option is used, then unspecified attributes will not be included in the output.
- --cached
-
Consider
.gitattributesin the index only, ignoring the working tree. - --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 none of --stdin, --all, or -- is used, the first argument
will be treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as
pathnames.
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-
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 all attributes for a file:
$ git check-attr --all -- org/example/MyClass.java
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: unspecifiedSEE ALSO
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite