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Re: unclear docs

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 28, 2019, 20:46 UTC
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<20190128204621.GA15915@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 11:16:54PM +0300, Sergey Lukashev wrote:
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> >>  > Subject: [PATCH] doc/gitattributes: clarify "autocrlf overrides eol"
> >>  >
> >>  > We only override core.eol with core.autocrlf when the latter is set to
> >>  > "true" (otherwise, core.eol would never do anything!). Let's make this
> >>
> >>  I fail to understand what "otherwise..." wants to say. When
> >>  core.autocrlf is not "true", core.eol would not do anything?
> >
> > I meant that if core.autocrlf overrides core.eol also when it is not set
> > to true, then there would be no way to use core.eol, because the former
> > must be either true or false.
>
> autocrlf can be "input" as well.

Ah, true. Should the documentation actually say "if core.autocrlf is not 'false'" then? I _think_ so from my reading of the code, but it would be nice to have confirmation from somebody better versed in the line-ending code than I am (+cc Torsten).

-Peff
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  1. Sergey LukashevJan 27, 2019
  2. Sergey LukashevJan 27, 2019
  3. Jeff KingJan 28, 2019
  4. Sergey LukashevJan 28, 2019
  5. Jeff KingJan 28, 2019
  6. Torsten BögershausenJan 29, 2019
  7. Sergey LukashevJan 29, 2019
  8. 0/2 eol/autocrlf doc clarificationsJeff King, Jan 29, 2019
  9. 1/2 doc/gitattributes: clarify "autocrlf overrides eol"Jeff King, Jan 29, 2019
  10. 2/2 docs/config: clarify "text property" in core.eolJeff King, Jan 29, 2019
  11. Torsten BögershausenJan 28, 2019
  12. Jeff KingJan 28, 2019
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2019
  14. Jeff KingJan 28, 2019
  15. Sergey LukashevJan 28, 2019
  16. Jeff KingJan 28, 2019

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