Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mention that `eol` can change the dirty status of paths

From: Ben Boeckel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:21:42 -0400

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 17:17:41 -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> index c4f2be2..3044b71 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> @@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ unspecified.
>  
>  This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the
>  working directory.  It enables end-of-line conversion without any
> -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.
> +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.  Note that
> +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with different
> +line endings than the attribute indicates the paths to be considered

Oops, missed a "causes" in here. -----------^

I'll wait on uploading a new patch until after feedback on this one.

> +dirty.  Adding the path to the index again will normalize the line
> +endings in the index.

--Ben