From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:25:18 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704231924410.8822@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0704231007i81ee20cx9a37f1c8a3df62b1@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:

> On 4/23/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > * jc/attr (Sat Apr 21 03:14:13 2007 -0700) 2 commits
> >  - Add 'filter' attribute and external filter driver definition.
> >  - Add 'ident' conversion.
> >
> > As 'ident' conversion is stateless, I do not mind too much
> > including it in v1.5.2-rc1.  On the other hand, the arbitrary
> > 'filter' is quite contentious, although the character-code
> > conversion example I gave myself might be a good enough reason
> > for people to want it.  Undecided.
> 
> Can I suggest a config option to completely disable content
> munging code? So that people who really care about the
> real content, or just don't have the tools for the filters still
> can checkout the repos depending on the filters.

In my worldview, these filters are a local thing. Exactly like crlf. So, 
no need for a config option.

Ciao,
Dscho