Add comments/remarks to .gitattributes

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Is it possible to add comments or remarks to a .gitattributes file?

If yes, how exactly do comment lines look like?

score 54 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '16 at 16:42

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# This is a comment!

in .gitattributes.

answered Nov 28 '16 at 16:42

tehp

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Thanks. Is this documented somewhere? I couldn't find it. – Silicomancer Nov 28 '16 at 16:48
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A line starting with # serves as a comment. Put a backslash ("\") in front of the first hash for patterns that begin with a hash. From: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore – tehp Nov 28 '16 at 16:55
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@tehp That's gitignore not gitattributes – endolith Jul 01 '20 at 20:39

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '21 at 13:20

Documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes :

That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list, separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are ignored. Lines that begin with # are ignored. Patterns that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style. When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to the path.

Add comments/remarks to .gitattributes

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