Function read_attr

attr.c:841–872

}

static struct attr_stack *read_attr(struct index_state *istate,
				    const struct object_id *tree_oid,
				    const char *path, unsigned flags)
{
	struct attr_stack *res = NULL;

	if (direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
		res = read_attr_from_index(istate, path, flags);
	} else if (tree_oid) {
		res = read_attr_from_blob(istate, tree_oid, path, flags);
	} else if (!is_bare_repository()) {
		if (direction == GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT) {
			res = read_attr_from_index(istate, path, flags);
			if (!res)
				res = read_attr_from_file(path, flags);
		} else if (direction == GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN) {
			res = read_attr_from_file(path, flags);
			if (!res)
				/*
				 * There is no checked out .gitattributes file
				 * there, but we might have it in the index.
				 * We allow operation in a sparsely checked out
				 * work tree, so read from it.
				 */
				res = read_attr_from_index(istate, path, flags);
		}
	}

	if (!res)
		CALLOC_ARRAY(res, 1);
	return res;
}

const char *git_attr_system_file(void)
{