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attr: a note about the order of .gitattributes lookup 

This is the documentation part of

1a9d7e9 (attr.c: read .gitattributes from index as well. - 2007-08-14)
06f33c1 (Read attributes from the index that is being checked out - 2009-03-13)

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ is from the path in question, the lower its precedence). Finally
global and system-wide files are considered (they have the lowest global and system-wide files are considered (they have the lowest
precedence). precedence).


When the `.gitattributes` file is missing from the work tree, the
path in the index is used as a fall-back. During checkout process,
`.gitattributes` in the index is used and then the file in the
working tree is used as a fall-back.

If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign
attributes to files that are particular to attributes to files that are particular to
one user's workflow for that repository), then one user's workflow for that repository), then