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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics)
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"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> On 4/23/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
>> * jc/attr (Sat Apr 21 03:14:13 2007 -0700) 2 commits
>>  - Add 'filter' attribute and external filter driver definition.
>>  - Add 'ident' conversion.
>>
>> As 'ident' conversion is stateless, I do not mind too much
>> including it in v1.5.2-rc1.  On the other hand, the arbitrary
>> 'filter' is quite contentious, although the character-code
>> conversion example I gave myself might be a good enough reason
>> for people to want it.  Undecided.
>
> Can I suggest a config option to completely disable content
> munging code? So that people who really care about the
> real content, or just don't have the tools for the filters still
> can checkout the repos depending on the filters.

The code may have bugs, but the intent is that you can have this
line in your $GIT_DIR/info/attributes to override whatever
attribute settings used in .gitattributes files that are
in-tree:

	*	!ident !filter