Re: [PATCH] Respect crlf attribute in "git add" even if core.autocrlf has not been set
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Jul 24, 2008, 14:38 UTC
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- <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807241537000.8986@racer>
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- <20080724140959.GU2925@dpotapov.dyndns.org>
Hi,
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 08:06:29AM +0200, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > > > > I am the maintainer of this project. I know that this project needs > > crlf conversion, because it is a cross-platform project. > > Therefore, I want to force crlf conversion for this specific > > project, even if the user did not configure core.autocrlf=input on > > Unix. > > I suspect that most problems with crlf is caused by Windows users who > have core.autocrlf=false for whatever reason (I suspect without a good > reason in most cases).
Almost correct. It is _unset_! And it should be perfectly valid for users not having to set anything there.
> But perhaps having core.autocrlf=input as default on Unix and Mac will > be better than the current core.autocrlf=false.
Have you read Junio's reply? If so, how can you suggest any change for Unix and Mac?
Ciao, Dscho