dgit: gitattributes: Defuse working-tree-encoding

[dgit.git] / dgit.1

diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index 56ba402fd72daa09685af2fc8541dcdf0218cf91..c5d76884871315a815cfa6f2dd6fbd24de8d8726 100644 (file)
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -268,10 +268,19 @@ For why, see
 in
 .BR dgit(7) .
 
+If there is an existing macro attribute line
+.B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
+in .git/info/attributes,
+but it is insufficient,
+because it was made by an earlier version of dgit
+and git has since introduced new transforming attributes,
+modifies the macro to disable the newer transformations.
+
 (If there is already a macro attribute line
 .B [attr]dgit-defuse-attrs
 in .git/info/attributes
-(whatever its effects),
+which does what dgit requires
+(whatever files it effects),
 this operation does nothing further.
 This fact can be used to defeat or partially defeat
 dgit setup-gitattributes