LoadGlobalPatterns loads gitattributes patterns and attributes from the gitattributes file declared in a user's ~/.gitconfig file.

LoadSystemPatterns loads gitattributes patterns and attributes from the gitattributes file declared in a system's /etc/gitconfig file.

NewMatcher constructs a new matcher.

ParseAttributesLine parses a gitattribute line, extracting path pattern and attributes.

ParsePattern parses a gitattributes pattern string into the Pattern structure.

ReadAttributes reads patterns and attributes from the gitattributes format.

ReadPatterns reads gitattributes patterns recursively through the directory structure.

Matcher defines a global multi-pattern matcher for gitattributes patterns.

Pattern defines a gitattributes pattern.