[Monotone-devel] .mt-attrs formatting

[Bruce Stephens]

I just got hit by this annoying problem.  Here's a possible
documentation patch, although possibly it would be better to change
the code (if only to warn when lines were being ignored for some
reason).

--- monotone.texi
+++ monotone.texi
@@ -2775,8 +2775,8 @@

 @smallexample
 @group
-execute   true   src/configure
-execute   true   autogen.sh
+execute true src/configure
+execute true autogen.sh
 @end group
 @end smallexample

@@ -2784,7 +2784,8 @@
 in your working copy. The first column of each line contains the name
 of the attribute, the second column is the value of the attribute, and
 the third column is the file name within the working copy to which the
-attribute will be applied.
+attribute will be applied.  The fields must be separated by a single
+space character, or the line will be silently ignored.

 Every time your working copy is written to, monotone will look for an
 @file{.mt-attrs} file, and if it finds one, run the corresponding