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

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: May 7, 2010, 20:17 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071306190.901@i5.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071303040.901@i5.linux-foundation.org>

On Fri, 7 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> Now, the thing is, we can go for even simpler syntax still, by just making 
> that ".gitconfig: core.autocrlf=true" entirely unnecessary.

Exact semantics I'd suggest for 'core.autocrlf':

    Setting		path in .gitattributes	path _not_ in .gitattributes
    =======		======================	===========================
 - not set at all	attribute value		no crlf
 - "off"/"false"	no crlf			no crlf
 - "on"			attribute value		autocrlf	
 - "input"		attribute "input"	autocrlf "input"

Which is different from what we do now for the "not set at all" case, in that it still takes the .gitattributes value for those cases if a path matches.

We could add a few core.autocrlf entries, like "force" (to force output to be CRLF even on a platform where it isn't the default).

			Linus