 lowest
precedence).</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When the <code>.gitattributes</code> file is missing from the work tree, the
path in the index is used as a fall-back.  During checkout process,
<code>.gitattributes</code> in the index is used and then the file in the
working tree is used as a fall-back.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign
attributes to files that are particular to
one user&#8217;s workflow for that repos