Re: line-ending conversion and keyword substitution

Bruce Atherton <bruce@callenish.com> writes:
> Can you explain this point? What are the benefits to consistent line
> endings in the repository?
>
> What I've proposed is that files in the repository should have the
> line endings that people give them. If you are in an all-Windows
> environment, all the files have CRLF. If you are in an all-Unix
> environment, all the files will have LF endings. In a mixed
> environment, it is based on first commit.
>
> This won't work if there are a lot of ramifications to having mixed
> line endings in the repository.

Greg Stein isn't worried about "mixed styles in the same revision",
he's worried about "same file has different line endings in different
revisions".

The problem is flip-flop over time, not over a particular revision in
the filesystem.

So your proposal alleviates his worry.

-Karl

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:52 2006