Re: svn add and inconsistent line endings

On 24.02.2013 19:47, Stefan Küng wrote:
> 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.

Well, we decided differently 10 years ago for the reasons I listed
above, and I see no new argument that would overturn that reasoning.

>> (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:

Yes, we're talking about adding files to the repository. Once they're in
the repository, things are different.

-- Brane

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Branko Čibej
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