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Re: utf8 BOM

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TTait <git.git@t41t.com>
Date
May 16, 2010, 11:26 UTC
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<20100516112612.GV2480@ece.pdx.edu>
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> Okay, so something that checks text files to see if they're utf...
> "core.autoutf", anyone?

This (and crlf-conversion, for that matter) strikes me as something best handled outside of git core, such as through checkout/commit hooks. Perhaps examples of such hooks could be provided and adapted by each project and user as that user/project sees fit for their specific choice of repository format and development environment.

Given that git already chose not to screw around with encodings or define a canonical encoding for the on-disk format (it's just a string of bytes), it would be consistent and reasonable to not mess with these other things, too.

Tait
Previous: Eyvind BernhardsenNext: Dmitry Potapov
Message 15 of 27 in “End-of-line normalization, redesigned”
  1. 0/5 End-of-line normalization, redesignedEyvind Bernhardsen, May 12, 2010
  2. 1/5 autocrlf: Make it work also for un-normalized repositoriesEyvind Bernhardsen, May 12, 2010
  3. 2/5 Add tests for per-repository eol normalizationEyvind Bernhardsen, May 12, 2010
  4. 3/5 Add per-repository eol normalizationEyvind Bernhardsen, May 12, 2010
  5. 4/5 Rename "crlf" attribute as "eolconv"Eyvind Bernhardsen, May 12, 2010
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2010
  7. Robert BuckMay 13, 2010
  8. Robert BuckMay 13, 2010
  9. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 13, 2010
  10. Robert BuckMay 13, 2010
  11. utf8 BOMDmitry Potapov, May 14, 2010
  12. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 15, 2010
  13. Dmitry PotapovMay 16, 2010
  14. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 16, 2010
  15. TaitMay 16, 2010
  16. Dmitry PotapovMay 16, 2010
  17. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 13, 2010
  18. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2010
  19. Robert BuckMay 14, 2010
  20. Jonathan NiederMay 14, 2010
  21. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 14, 2010
  22. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 14, 2010
  23. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 14, 2010
  24. Linus TorvaldsMay 14, 2010
  25. Add "core.eol" variable to control end-of-line conversionEyvind Bernhardsen, May 15, 2010
  26. Robert BuckMay 16, 2010
  27. 5/5 Rename "core.autocrlf" config variable as "core.eolconv"Eyvind Bernhardsen, May 12, 2010

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