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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-08-08 14:48:43 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-08-08 14:48:43 -0700
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Merge branch 'jh/clean-smudge-f-doc'
A minor documentation update. * jh/clean-smudge-f-doc: clarify %f documentation
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@@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ substitution. For example:
smudge = git-p4-filter --smudge %f
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+Note that "%f" is the name of the path that is being worked on. Depending
+on the version that is being filtered, the corresponding file on disk may
+not exist, or may have different contents. So, smudge and clean commands
+should not try to access the file on disk, but only act as filters on the
+content provided to them on standard input.
Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^