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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gitfaq: give advice on using eol attribute in gitattributes

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
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Nov 8, 2021, 02:09 UTC
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On 2021-11-07 at 23:48:00, Eric Sunshine wrote:
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> I like the concrete explanation in the commit message of why `.sh` and
> `.bat` files need to be configured specially, and was expecting that
> quite useful information to be repeated here in the body. That does
> seem exactly like what someone would come to the FAQ searching for,
> and even though the above content hints at it, the hint may be just
> vague enough to be overlooked. Consequently, I'm wondering if it ought
> to be spelled out more explicitly here. In particular, if we give
> examples of actual error messages people might encounter when
> attempting to run a CRLF shell script or an LF batch file, that would
> really give a FAQ searcher/reader something to latch onto when trying
> to solve a problem. This could be done as a lead-in paragraph
> immediately before the "For example, the following...".

I think that we could definitely add some text here to explain why one would want to use this, providing an example.

> Also, following v1 review, I think you had intended[1]: s/end up with/have/
I will fix that in v3.  Thanks for the reminder.
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
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  2. 1/3 gitfaq: add documentation on proxiesbrian m. carlson, Nov 7, 2021
  3. Eric SunshineNov 7, 2021
  4. brian m. carlsonNov 8, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2021
  6. Johannes SchindelinJan 4, 2022
  7. 3/3 gitfaq: add entry about syncing working treesbrian m. carlson, Nov 7, 2021
  8. Eric SunshineNov 8, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2021
  11. brian m. carlsonNov 14, 2021
  12. 2/3 gitfaq: give advice on using eol attribute in gitattributesbrian m. carlson, Nov 7, 2021
  13. Eric SunshineNov 7, 2021
  14. brian m. carlsonNov 8, 2021
  15. Eric SunshineNov 8, 2021
  16. Johannes SchindelinJan 4, 2022
  17. Johannes SchindelinJan 4, 2022
  18. brian m. carlsonJan 6, 2022
  19. Eric SunshineNov 9, 2021

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