Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: May 7, 2010, 19:16 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071213550.901@i5.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <n2k32541b131005071211sb2411334v4f0919abfeb4cbb7@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 7 May 2010, Avery Pennarun wrote:

> 
> Unfortunately this option wouldn't be as flexible as Eyvind's current proposal.

Oh, absolutely it is.

> What his method allows is to mark some files in a project as "these
> should be the native EOL style" and others as "these should be left
> alone."

But that's what a .gitconfig would too. We _already_ have that .gitattribute thing to then distinguish particular pathname rules. It's just that currently .git/config is needed to _enable_ it.

			Linus

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