.GITATTRIBUTES File Extension
Git Attributes File
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What is a GITATTRIBUTES file?
Path-specific setting file used by Git, a version control system used for storing source code; contains attributes that dictate what settings Git applies to certain subdirectories or subsets of files; located in the root directory of the project; similar to the .GITIGNORE file.
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The GITATTRIBUTES file enables you to perform a variety of functions such as commanding Git how it should diff (show changes between an index and a tree, changes between two trees, etc.) non-text files or having Git filter content before checking it into or out of Git.
A helpful attribute that will tell Git to treat a specific file extension as binary data:
*.extension -crlf -diff or *.extension binary
Here is an example of a GITATTRIBUTES file:
# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
* text=auto
# Custom for Visual Studio
*.cs diff=csharp
*.sln merge=union
*.csproj merge=union
*.vbproj merge=union
*.fsproj merge=union
*.dbproj merge=union
# Standard to msysgit
*.docx diff=astextplain
*.DOCX diff=astextplain
*.dot diff=astextplain
*.DOT diff=astextplain
*.pdf diff=astextplain
*.PDF diff=astextplain
*.rtf diff=astextplain
*.RTF diff=astextplain