git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH 1/4] config.txt: Document gitcvs.allbinary

From
Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Date
Apr 13, 2007, 16:02 UTC
Message-ID
<1176480153972-git-send-email-frank@lichtenheld.de>
In-Reply-To
<11764801533023-git-send-email-frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cf1e040..061c585 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -408,6 +408,13 @@ gitcvs.logfile::
 	Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
 	various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
 
+gitcvs.allbinary::
+	If true, all files are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This
+	causes the client to treat all files as binary files which suppresses
+	any newline munging it otherwise might do. A work-around for the
+	fact that there is no way yet to set single files to mode '-kb'.
+	See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
+
 http.sslVerify::
 	Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
 	over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
-- 
1.5.1.1
Previous: Frank LichtenheldNext: Frank Lichtenheld
Message 2 of 5 in “Random fixes to Documentation/config.txt”
  1. 0/4 Random fixes to Documentation/config.txtFrank Lichtenheld, Apr 13, 2007
  2. 1/4 config.txt: Document gitcvs.allbinaryFrank Lichtenheld, Apr 13, 2007
  3. 2/4 config.txt: Document core.autocrlfFrank Lichtenheld, Apr 13, 2007
  4. 3/4 config.txt: Change pserver to server in description of gitcvs.*Frank Lichtenheld, Apr 13, 2007
  5. 4/4 config.txt: Fix grammatical error in description of http.noEPSVFrank Lichtenheld, Apr 13, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.