Re: "Inconsistent newlines": A clue

On Feb 8, 2005, at 11:29 AM, David Kramer wrote:

> I'm trying to svn import a big mess o files. We have the autoprops
> eol-style native set (see previous message).
>
> When I do the import, I get that message on some of the files, then it
> dies. This is REALLY bad behavior in my eyes, because each try takes
> over
> 20 minutes, and I have not found a reliable mechanism for identifying
> files it will barf on. I would much rather it warn about that file and
> move on. Why does it care anyway?

If you set 'svn:eol-style = native' on a file (which you're probably
doing with auto-props), and then try to commit the file, svn will barf
if it discovers inconsistent line endings.

Why? Because if it converted the line endings to all LF or all CRLF,
the conversion would be lossy. There's no way to get the original file
back. Subversion refuses to lose data. Therefore, it barfs and
demands that you fix the inconsistent line endings yourself.

Be thankful that it's doing this, not angry.

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Received on Tue Feb 8 18:51:22 2005