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diff --git a/gitattributes.txt b/gitattributes.txt index 19bd25f..71c7ad7 100644 --- a/gitattributes.txt +++ b/gitattributes.txt 
@@ -361,6 +361,37 @@  internal merge and the final merge.     +Checking whitespace errors +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`whitespace` +^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The `core.whitespace` configuration variable allows you to define what +`diff` and `apply` should consider whitespace errors for all paths in +the project (See gitlink:git-config[1]). This attribute gives you finer +control per path. + +Set:: + +	Notice all types of potential whitespace errors known to git. + +Unset:: + +	Do not notice anything as error. + +Unspecified:: + +	Use the value of `core.whitespace` configuration variable to +	decide what to notice as error. + +String:: + +	Specify a comma separate list of common whitespace problems to +	notice in the same format as `core.whitespace` configuration +	variable. + +  EXAMPLE  -------