Re: svn add and inconsistent line endings

On 24.02.2013 19:42, Branko Čibej wrote:

> Regarding automatcially changing line endings -- we don't do that for a
> very good reason: it's always been Subversion's policy to not touch file
> contents unless explicitly told to do so. The line endings could be
> inconsistent for reasons beyond Subversion's knowledge, and the property
> might have been set erroneously. It's therefore up to the user to make
> sure which is the case.

I think if the property is set, then that's the ok from the user to just
fix the eols.

> (We're talking about adding files here, of course. Once a file is
> committed, svn:eol-style does tell the client to fiddle with the line
> endings.)

No, the commit still errors out:

svn add file // svn:eol-style set to 'native' via autoprops
svn ci file -m""

now modify the file so it has inconsistent line endings.

svn ci file -m""
errors out.

Stefan

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