Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.10.0-rc0

From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date: Aug 17, 2016, 06:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20160817064245.GA5775@tb-raspi>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqoa4uhwcn.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 08:42:48AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:
> 
> > On 15.08.16 00:47, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> Torsten Bögershausen (1):
> >>       convert: unify the "auto" handling of CRLF
> >
> > Should we mention this change in the release notes?
> >
> > The handling of "*.text = auto" was changed, and now
> >
> >     $ echo "* text=auto eol=crlf" >.gitattributes
> >     has the same effect as
> >     $ git config core.autocrlf true
> 
> Oh, definitely.  Thanks.

Hm, one question remains:
 git show 07c92928f2b782330df6e78
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+ * The handling of the "text = auto" attribute has been updated.
+   $ echo "* text=auto eol=crlf" >.gitattributes
+   used to have the same effect as
+   $ echo "* text=auto eol=crlf" >.gitattributes
Is this `text=auto` correct ?
I think it should be

   used to have the same effect as
   $ echo "* text eol=crlf" >.gitattributes

# In other words, the `auto` was ignored, as explained here:
+   $ git config core.eol crlf
+   i.e. declaring all files are text; the combination now is
+   equivalent to doing
+   $ git config core.autocrlf true
+