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, 23:58 UTC
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- <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807250157370.4140@eeepc-johanness>
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- <200807242244.04799.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Hi,
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> torsdagen den 24 juli 2008 18.45.07 skrev Johannes Schindelin: > > However, I see Junio's point: on sane platforms you have to work hard > > to get CR-damaged files. And the regular sane platform user should > > not be punished for the brain/CR damage a certain monopolist has > > brought over this planet. > > That wasn't hard at all :) Eclipse did it all by itself for JEE > MANIFEST.MF files. We got into some strange problems on windows with > msysgit after that where git (status) detected the files as changed, but > no actual content change and refused to change it's mind. I think we had > actually fixed the files on Windows prior to that. Only after converting > the checkout to autocrlf=input did msysgit enter a sane state again. I > was not able to repeat the problem at the time. > > Maybe I'll try again in a few weeks time.
That would be rather useful, because without a way to reproduce, you leave me with a rather frustrating situation.
Hth, Dscho