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Re: Git EOL Normalization

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May 25, 2011, 18:06 UTC
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> From: "Dmitry Potapov" <dpotapov@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 1:58:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Git EOL Normalization
>
> >  1) what is the actual text file detection algorithm?
> >  2) what is the autocrlf LF/CRLF detection algorithm?
> >  3) how does autocrlf handle mixed line endings? (either in the
> >  working copy or repo)
>
> Currently, the following heuristics are used:
> 
> A file is considered as text if it does not have '\0' or a bare CR,
> and the number of non-printable characters is less than 1 in 128.
> 
> Non-printable characters are DEL (127) and anything less than 32
> except CR, LF, BS, HT, ESC and FF.
>
> Also, to avoid problems with autocrlf=true when someone has already
> put a text file with CRLF, CRLF->LF conversion happens only if the tracked
> file in the index does not have any CR.
>
> PS I wrote this mostly from my memory, so I could miss some detail.
Thanks!  This is very helpful.
Stephen
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  1. Stephen BashMay 25, 2011
  2. Dmitry PotapovMay 25, 2011
  3. Stephen BashMay 25, 2011
  4. Jakub NarebskiMay 26, 2011
  5. Dmitry PotapovMay 26, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2011
  7. Stephen BashMay 26, 2011
  8. Drew NorthupMay 31, 2011

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