Attribute check flags indicate the order in which to check for gitattributes. git core uses GGIT_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK_FILE_THEN_INDEX for all operations, except on checkout, where it uses GGIT_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK_INDEX_THEN_FILE.
GGIT_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK_FILE_THEN_INDEX
GGIT_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK_INDEX_THEN_FILE
check working directory, then index.
check only index.
check index, then working directory.
ignore system wide attributes.
Attribute check flags indicate the order in which to check for gitattributes. git core uses
GGIT_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK_FILE_THEN_INDEX
for all operations, except on checkout, where it usesGGIT_ATTRIBUTE_CHECK_INDEX_THEN_FILE
.