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[PATCH (resend)] cvsserver: Don't lie about binary mode in asciidoc documentation

From
Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Date
Mar 31, 2007, 13:32 UTC
Message-ID
<11753479333854-git-send-email-frank@lichtenheld.de>

The git-cvsserver documentation claims that the server will set -k modes if appropriate which is not really the case. On the other hand the available gitcvs.allbinary variable is not documented at all. Fix both these issues by rewording the related paragraph.

Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
---
 Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I send this before but it seems to have been lost in the noise. Also CCed Andy Parkins this time who introduced the gitcvs.allbinary variable.

I think this should be suitable for 1.5.1.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 1c6f6a7..85d0950 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -134,9 +134,11 @@ checkout, diff, status, update, log, add, remove, commit.
 Legacy monitoring operations are not supported (edit, watch and related).
 Exports and tagging (tags and branches) are not supported at this stage.
 
-The server will set the -k mode to binary when relevant. In proper GIT
-tradition, the contents of the files are always respected.
-No keyword expansion or newline munging is supported.
+The server should set the -k mode to binary when relevant, however,
+this is not really implemented yet. For now, you can force the server
+to set `-kb` for all files by setting the `gitcvs.allbinary` config
+variable. In proper GIT tradition, the contents of the files are
+always respected. No keyword expansion or newline munging is supported.
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
-- 
1.5.0.3
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  1. cvsserver: Don't lie about binary mode in asciidoc documentationFrank Lichtenheld, Mar 31, 2007

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