On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:38, <christian.peper_at_kpn.com> wrote:
> Thanks everyone so far for your great answers! It really helps. :)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Weintraub [mailto:qazwart_at_gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: any "must-have" hooks to implement on svn server?
>> [...]
>> Another hook I have is one that verifies that particular
>> subversion properties are attached to your files before being
>> committed. For example, we want all files that end in *.sh,
>> *.pl, and *.makefile to have the property "svn:eol-style" =
>> "LF". Users can configure auto-properties, but this
>> guarantees that the property is on the file before being
>> committed.
>
> David,
>
> what I don't understand is why, if svn:eol-style=native always chooses
> the correct format for the destination system, why the other specific
> options even exist. Except for backward compatibility of course.
> Why not write a pre-commit hook that checks if the file type is some
> text file, aka not binary, and set the eol-style to native and be done
> with it?
Because some programs may require a specific EOL marker, ignoring the
platform they're running on.
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Received on 2008-07-24 18:09:32 CEST