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Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout all

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DKDmitry Kakurin <dmitry.kakurin@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2007, 14:35 UTC
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On 8/13/07, Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> wrote:
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> My target audience of Git on Windows are Windows users and, frankly,
> that is the only reasonable way to think about Windows. Why else should
> I boot Windows, if I don't have real Windows users in mind? I mean,
> Windows is not the superior platform to build Unix on top. The reason
> to boot Windows is Windows itself, including its real users.
I agree with this approach.
> Maybe I don't fully understand what msysgit is about. I thought it would
> be about real Windows support, which I think requires to accept what
> Windows users expect to be the right thing: Windows EOL.

msysgit is Build Environment for Git on Windows. It's purpose is to facilitate Git development. This is not what end-user wants. Another installer (WinGit) is targeting end users. It is just so happens that msysgit is in better shape right now and more useful. But long term it will not be the case.

Here is another consideration: let's say I've started a new git repo under Windows with no autocrlf set. Then my repo will contain crlf line endings. Now let's say that someone else checks out this repo with autocrlf=true. What would happen then? Will they get cr cr lf?

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- Dmitry
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Message 12 of 20 in “attr: fix attribute handling if .gitattributes is involved”
  1. 1/2 attr: fix attribute handling if .gitattributes is involvedSteffen Prohaska, Aug 12, 2007
  2. 2/2 checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout allSteffen Prohaska, Aug 12, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2007
  4. Steffen ProhaskaAug 12, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2007
  6. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 13, 2007
  7. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  8. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 13, 2007
  9. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  10. Marius Storm-OlsenAug 13, 2007
  11. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  12. Dmitry KakurinAug 13, 2007
  13. 1/2 attr.c: refactoringJunio C Hamano, Aug 14, 2007
  14. 2/2 attr.c: read .gitattributes from index as well.Junio C Hamano, Aug 14, 2007
  15. Steffen ProhaskaAug 13, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinAug 13, 2007
  17. David KastrupAug 13, 2007
  18. git-update-ref bug? (was: [PATCH 2/2] checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout all)David Kastrup, Aug 13, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2007
  20. Brian DowningAug 13, 2007

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