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Documentation: mention that eol can change the dirty status of paths

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When setting the `eol` attribute, paths can change their dirty status
without any change in the working directory. This can cause confusion
and should at least be mentioned with a remedy.

Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Ben Boeckel 2017-08-31 09:19:36 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ unspecified.
This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the
working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any
content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.
content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that
setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line
endings may make the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to
the index again will normalize the line endings in the index.
Set to string value "crlf"::