attr: teach "--attr-source=<tree>" global option to "git"

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index f9a7a4554cd8ab1e66f5c1a80783809cc5f8373a..02707cb01d1583f1b778bb7db7c4363aafdbcd71 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
        nohelpers (exclude helper commands), alias and config
        (retrieve command list from config variable completion.commands)
 
+--attr-source=<tree-ish>::
+       Read gitattributes from <tree-ish> instead of the worktree. See
+       linkgit:gitattributes[5]. This is equivalent to setting the
+       `GIT_ATTR_SOURCE` environment variable.
+
 GIT COMMANDS
 ------------
 
@@ -613,7 +618,7 @@ The file parameters can point at the user's working file
 (e.g. `new-file` in "git-diff-files"), `/dev/null` (e.g. `old-file`
 when a new file is added), or a temporary file (e.g. `old-file` in the
 index).  `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` should not worry about unlinking the
-temporary file --- it is removed when `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` exits.
+temporary file -- it is removed when `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` exits.
 +
 For a path that is unmerged, `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is called with 1
 parameter, <path>.
@@ -686,6 +691,9 @@ for further details.
        tells Git not to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or
        pushing over HTTPS.
 
+`GIT_ATTR_SOURCE`::
+       Sets the treeish that gitattributes will be read from.
+
 `GIT_ASKPASS`::
        If this environment variable is set, then Git commands which need to
        acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)