> Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
> > There are lots of tools to convert files.
>
> There are lots of ways to keep unchanged copies of files.
>
> > I don't want svn to become
> > one of those, except to the minimal extent possible.
>
> The value of a revision control system is that it can show you the
> changes between versions. If it thinks every line changed every time
> you touch a file because you had to 'convert' with some other tool to
> make normal text, you've reduced it to the equivalent of a
> backup system.
>
But if a file is modified for line endings, then every line _did_ change.
If Subversion ever stops reporting every line change, please let me know so
I can stop using it immediately.
The ability to track changes down to the smallest detail is very important.
It's important if only by providing confidence that every byte in the file
is demonstrably under version control. If I could find differences that
Subversion chose to ignore, then I would have to ask what _else_ Subversion
chose to ignore. That's a question I should never have to ask of my version
control system.
Erik
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