Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.3.3-114-g2a85
diff --git a/gitattributes.html b/gitattributes.html index 5426ddf..b9f3012 100644 --- a/gitattributes.html +++ b/gitattributes.html
@@ -419,12 +419,6 @@ sign <tt>$</tt> upon checkout. Any byte sequence that begins with <tt>$Id:</tt> and ends with <tt>$</tt> in the worktree file is replaced with <tt>$Id$</tt> upon check-in.</p> -<h4>Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes</h4> -<p>In the check-in codepath, the worktree file is first converted -with <tt>ident</tt> (if specified), and then with <tt>crlf</tt> (again, if -specified and applicable).</p> -<p>In the check-out codepath, the blob content is first converted -with <tt>crlf</tt>, and then <tt>ident</tt>.</p> <h4><tt>filter</tt></h4> <p>A <tt>filter</tt> attribute can be set to a string value. This names filter driver specified in the configuration.</p> @@ -439,11 +433,10 @@ <p>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.</p> +"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.</p> <h4>Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes</h4> <p>In the check-in codepath, the worktree file is first converted with <tt>filter</tt> driver (if specified and corresponding driver @@ -709,7 +702,7 @@ </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> -Last updated 10-Sep-2007 08:10:47 UTC +Last updated 30-Sep-2007 00:49:45 UTC </div> </div> </body>
