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Re: [PATCH] diff: treat -crlf files as binary

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2008, 02:34 UTC
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On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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>  Unset::
>
> -       Unsetting the `crlf` attribute on a path is meant to
> -       mark the path as a "binary" file.  The path never goes
> -       through line endings conversion upon checkin/checkout.
> +       Unsetting the `crlf` attribute on a path is tells git
> +       not to attempt any end-of-line conversion  upon checkin/checkout.
[...]
Well, _I_ understand it :)
Avery
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  1. diff: treat -crlf files as binaryJunio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2008
  2. Avery PennarunAug 29, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2008
  4. Avery PennarunAug 31, 2008
  5. Matthieu MoyAug 31, 2008
  6. Alex RiesenAug 31, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2008
  8. Avery PennarunAug 31, 2008

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