On 2/2/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
Subversion will never fix anything by itself: it does you version
control, meaning it should help you take exact snapshots of what you
give it, not take control over what you can or can't version.
> > 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?
Because it's not supposed to change what it's being fed, that would
mean DATA LOSS!
bye,
Erik.
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Received on Fri Feb 2 23:04:37 2007