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Re: Git on Windows, CRLF issues

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Apr 22, 2008, 06:41 UTC
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Avery Pennarun schrieb:
> Does anyone know the most efficient way to [convert CRLF] with
> git-filter-branch, when there are already thousands of files in the
> repo with CRLF in them?  Running dos2unix on all the files for every
> single revision could take a *very* long time.

I chose to write a custom script. Otherwise, a file that stays the same throughout the history would still have been converted on each commit. My script converted each unique file only once, then reconstructed the tree objects and then changed the commits.

In the end I don't think it payed off. It took me a week or so to convert the repo; I just could have let filter-branch run for a week, too. But I also have to mention that I did the CVS->git conversion a few times to get a suitable history, and I also repeated the CRLF conversion sometimes, and back then git-filter-branch did not exist in its current shape.

-- Hannes
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Message 25 of 30 in “Git on Windows, CRLF issues”
  1. Peter KarlssonApr 21, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinApr 21, 2008
  3. Avery PennarunApr 21, 2008
  4. Jeff KingApr 22, 2008
  5. Avery PennarunApr 22, 2008
  6. Peter KarlssonApr 23, 2008
  7. Jeff KingApr 23, 2008
  8. Peter KarlssonApr 23, 2008
  9. Johan HerlandApr 23, 2008
  10. Johannes SixtApr 23, 2008
  11. Jeff KingApr 23, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinApr 23, 2008
  13. Jeff KingApr 23, 2008
  14. Johannes SixtApr 23, 2008
  15. Jeff KingApr 23, 2008
  16. Johannes SixtApr 23, 2008
  17. Jeff KingApr 23, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2008
  19. Avery PennarunApr 23, 2008
  20. Johannes SchindelinApr 24, 2008
  21. Avery PennarunApr 24, 2008
  22. Jeff KingApr 24, 2008
  23. Avery PennarunApr 23, 2008
  24. Johannes SixtApr 24, 2008
  25. Johannes SixtApr 22, 2008
  26. Jakub NarebskiApr 21, 2008
  27. Peter KarlssonApr 22, 2008
  28. Johannes SixtApr 22, 2008
  29. Johannes SixtApr 22, 2008
  30. Peter KarlssonApr 22, 2008

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