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"Dmitry Kakurin" <dmitry.kakurin@gmail.com> writes:

> I assert that since index does not have .gitattributes the one from
> local directory should not be used.
>
> Think about dedicated build machine scenario: I have a machine that
> always does sync + build. After every sync the local directory should
> always be identical to what-was-committed.

Thinking about the reason _why_ .gitattributes may be updated,
one would notice that it is because somebody did this command
sequence:

	git checkout		;# now work tree is clean
	edit .gitattributes	;# modify the attributes of a file
	edit file		;# edit the file attributes talks about
	git add file		;# this can be affected by .gitattributes
	git add .gitattributes	;# this is changed in the same commit
	git commit

Now, should we always take .gitattributes from the index?