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# Test file from gitattributes(5) example:
If you have these three gitattributes file:
(in $GIT_DIR/info/attributes)
a* foo !bar -baz
(in .gitattributes)
abc foo bar baz
(in t/.gitattributes)
ab* merge=filfre
abc -foo -bar
*.c frotz
the attributes given to path t/abc are computed as follows:
1. By examining t/.gitattributes (which is in the same directory as the path
in question), git finds that the first line matches. merge attribute is
set. It also finds that the second line matches, and attributes foo and
bar are unset.
2. Then it examines .gitattributes (which is in the parent directory), and
finds that the first line matches, but t/.gitattributes file already
decided how merge, foo and bar attributes should be given to this path,
so it leaves foo and bar unset. Attribute baz is set.
3. Finally it examines $GIT_DIR/info/attributes. This file is used to
override the in-tree settings. The first line is a match, and foo is set,
bar is reverted to unspecified state, and baz is unset.
As the result, the attributes assignment to t/abc becomes:
foo set to true
bar unspecified
baz set to false
merge set to string value "filfre"
frotz unspecified