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Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout all

From
Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2007, 07:15 UTC
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Steffen Prohaska said the following on 13.08.2007 08:50:
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> On Aug 13, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Marius Storm-Olsen wrote:
>> In msysgit.git/etc/.gitattributes we have 'termcap -crlf', to avoid  
>> the termcaps being checked out with Windows EOL, if the user  
>> happens to have 'autocrlf = true'. However, when you checkout the  
>> working dir the first time it still has Windows EOL due to exactly  
>> this problem.
> 
> And exactly this is where I recognized the issue.
> 
> msysgit devs,
> We should really make autocrlf = true the default for us and fix
> all problems that we'll encounter. There may be more tricky stuff
> ahead, like merges, cherry-picks, ...

I'm more leaning towards having the installer give you the option to choose what kind of line-endings you want Git to work with; just like the Cygwin installer.

-- 
.marius
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Message 8 of 20 in “attr: fix attribute handling if .gitattributes is involved”
  1. 1/2 attr: fix attribute handling if .gitattributes is involvedSteffen Prohaska, Aug 12, 2007
  2. 2/2 checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout allSteffen Prohaska, Aug 12, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2007
  4. Steffen ProhaskaAug 12, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2007
  6. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 13, 2007
  7. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  8. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 13, 2007
  9. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  10. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 13, 2007
  11. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  12. Dmitry KakurinAug 13, 2007
  13. 1/2 attr.c: refactoringJunio C Hamano, Aug 14, 2007
  14. 2/2 attr.c: read .gitattributes from index as well.Junio C Hamano, Aug 14, 2007
  15. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinAug 13, 2007
  17. David KastrupAug 13, 2007
  18. git-update-ref bug? (was: [PATCH 2/2] checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout all)David Kastrup, Aug 13, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2007
  20. Brian DowningAug 13, 2007

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