Re: mingw, windows, crlf/lf, and git

From: Mark Levedahl <mdl123@verizon.net>
Date: Feb 13, 2007, 01:36 UTC
Message-ID: <45D1161C.6040805@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702130204120.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Mark Levedahl wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps I'm too paranoid, but I've been burnt way too many times by 
>> text/binary mode stuff to let this part be trivialized. Maybe it only 
>> gets enabled by core.ImReallyParanoid, but I want that option.
> 
> Be aware that what you proposed costs many CPU cycles. I am totally 
> opposed to enabling that option by default on all platforms. I am okay 
> with .gitattributes (but I would call it .gitfiletypes), but I am _not_ 
> okay with git being _too much_ fscked up by Windows. Microsoft has done 
> enough harm already.

I would assume that none of this crlf stuff exists at all on Linux / Unix / Posix, so if done right has zero impact outside of the Windows nuthouse. Inside that, folks are already so used to incredible slowness in file I/O that I'm not sure the round tripping I suggest as a check would be very noticeable, but in any case I fully agree it should be optional even there. However, if git could support something that never screws up, absolutely guaranteeing data integrity in the presence of these transforms, that would be a first in this arena and I believe a significant selling point.

Mark