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Re: information about storing text-only files

From: Frodak <frodak17_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-02-03 00:38:45 CET

--- Erik Huelsmann <ehuels@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> No, by default (e.g. without any svn:-properties
> set), Subversion
> doesn't modify any files and treats all files as
> binary.
>
> Only when instructed to translate eols, there's a
> special form
> (normalized form or normal form) which the
> repository is expected to
> contain. The rules are simple and optimized for 'as
> little translation
> on the client side as possible':
>
> svn:eol-style Normal Form
> native LF
> LF LF
> CR CR
> CRLF CRLF

Unfortunately, this seems to be where subversion text
handling breaks down. Once it converts from one
Normal Form to another, the diff shows that every line
is different.

I would think, ideally, that it would show the
property change only as it is still a text file and
only the EOL style has changed.

 
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