From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:11:54 GMT Subject: Re: mingw, windows, crlf/lf, and git Message-ID: <7vlkj2vset.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > No hooks means something like cvsnt does, and that means no .gitattributes > either. (BTW I really hate .gitattributes, as it does not at all say what > this is about; it's about file _conversions_, not attributes). > However, I am slightly positive about the .gitfiletypes approach, _iff_ we > think about more than just text/binary from the start. If we do it right, > it will buy us more. We might start with only binary/text attributes, but we may add more later, e.g. chmod=o-rwx. I do not see much differnece between attributes vs filetypes.