Re: What do you Hate about Subversion?

Frodak wrote:

> I've already posted when SVN tracking of text files
> works and does not work. Keep up. Calling me a
> coward because I've already posted this information is
> pretty petty.

I'm not calling you a coward - I'm saying you want svn to be cowardly by
avoiding responsibility for fixing things. But the fix has to be done by
some tool and you haven't suggested a better one yet.

> I'm sorry that you don't understand the fact that if
> subversion is to track the text file it has to be a
> text file of known EOL upon adding it to the
> repository.

>> We know it's wrong, we know it's text, we want it
>> fixed. If you can
>> describe the correct fix, then svn can do it as well
>> as any other tool.
>
> There is no "fix" for a mixed EOL text file. It is
> always going to be a guess.

OK, so if a guess is your best answer, why can't svn guess at least as
well as the person supplying the already mis-handled file?

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com
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