Re: feature request: text=input option in .gitattributes

From: Cameron Taggart <cameron.taggart@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 13, 2014, 03:05 UTC
Message-ID: <CAABik=txo0bkiL1V2GjvRwyfXb24PDrj9g5CHj+S-0RAV80PCw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <52FB99A5.9040607@web.de>

Thank you Torsten. Could some one help me clarify what this means?

https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html "This ensures that all files that git considers to be text will have normalized (LF) line endings in the repository. The core.eol configuration variable controls which line endings git will use for normalized files in your working directory; the default is to use the native line ending for your platform, or CRLF if core.autocrlf is set."

Does this mean?
1) the files in your working directory should only be set to CRLF if
your native line endings are core.eol=crlf and core.autocrlf=true?
2) the files in your working directory should be set to CRLF by
default if your native line endings are core.eol=crlf and not
core.autocrlf=input

I was hoping it would be #1, but it does not appear to be working that way. The F# Compiler Service that I want to source index has text=auto. It can be used to test.

git clone https://github.com/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Service fcs

git config --global core.eol crlf git clone https://github.com/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Service fcsCoreEolCrlf

Please help clarify how git should be working, so that I can either log a bug or a feature request.

cheers, Cameron

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> wrote:

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> On 2014-02-11 15.57, Cameron Taggart wrote:
>> After requesting this as
>> https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/issues/164, I was told to take it
>> upstream, so here I am.
>>
>> I would like a text=input feature added that has the same behavior as
>> text=auto, except that it defaults to core.autocrlf=input behavior
>> instead of core.autocrlf=true.
> If you want to normailze your repo, and keep it normalized,
> I can  recommend to use .gitattributes.
>
> Please see the excellent page here:
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html
> And especially this part:
>
> $ echo "* text=auto" >>.gitattributes
> $ rm .git/index     # Remove the index to force git to
> $ git reset         # re-scan the working directory
> $ git status        # Show files that will be normalized
> $ git add -u
> $ git add .gitattributes
> $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"
>
>
>
> /Torsten
>