From: Jeff King <peff@github.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:06:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFH] eol=lf on existing mixed line-ending files
Message-ID: <20110408160616.GA32709@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <4D9ED714.80307@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:36:20AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:

> > [1] The one thing still puzzling me about the jquery repo is how they
> > managed to make so many commits (including ones to mixed line ending
> > files) without seeing the dirty working tree state and committing it. Is
> > there some combination of config that makes this not happen?
> 
> When did they introduce the .gitattributes file?
> Also, maybe they're jgit users.

The gitattributes file was introduced in 2009, and there are several
commits to mixed line-ending files between then and now. So it seems
unlikely that they just won the race condition over and over.

I don't know whether they could be using jgit.

-Peff