he path, and nothing says if
the path has or does not have the attribute, the
attribute for the path is said to be Unspecified.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When more than one pattern matches the path, a later line
overrides an earlier line.  This overriding is done per
attribute.  The rules how the pattern matches paths are the
same as in <code>.gitignore</code> files; see linkgit:gitignore[5].
Unlike <code>.gitignore</code>, negative patterns are forbidden.</p>
</div>
<di