Set up gitattributes by command line

Question

A colleague of mine wants to be able to version zip files (.docx, .xlsx, etc.) and for that he has to add

[diff "zip"] textconv = unzip -c -a

to his gitconfig file.

No problem for me, but my colleague, who is a beginner in git, would like me to give him a simple command line that he can copy/paste without having to think.

I (naively) tried running git config --global "diff \"zip\".textconv" "unzip -c -a" from the command line, but I received an error: invalid key: diff "zip".textconv in return. Too bad, I tried.

Is there a simple way to acheive what I want?

phd · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-14 15:00:09Z

1

git config --global diff.zip.textconv "unzip -c -a"

git config splits diff.zip.textconv itself.

answered May 14, 2018 at 15:00

phd

97.2k14 gold badges165 silver badges223 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

SteeveDroz Over a year ago

Awesome, I didn't know that! Git amazes me every day.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Set up gitattributes by command line

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Related