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gitattributes.txt: Be more to the point in the filter driver description.

The description was meant to emphasizes that the project should remain
usable even if the filter driver was not used. This makes it more explicit
and removes the "here is rope to hang yourself" paraphrase.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Johannes Sixt 18 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -164,11 +164,10 @@ but makes the filter a no-op passthru. @@ -164,11 +164,10 @@ but makes the filter a no-op passthru.
The content filtering is done to massage the content into a
shape that is more convenient for the platform, filesystem, and
the user to use. The keyword here is "more convenient" and not
"turning something unusable into usable". In other words, it is
"hanging yourself because we gave you a long rope" if your
project uses filtering mechanism in such a way that it makes
your project unusable unless the checkout is done with a
specific filter in effect.
"turning something unusable into usable". In other words, the
intent is that if someone unsets the filter driver definition,
or does not have the appropriate filter program, the project
should still be usable.


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