From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 20:57:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071355380.901@i5.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <576B55DC-C92D-4FEB-B4E8-4A042D6F024B@gmail.com>



On Fri, 7 May 2010, Eyvind Bernhardsen wrote:
> 
> How can you say that this is simpler than my syntax?

Because your syntax adds totally new attributes, so now you can't even 
take an existing .gitattributes and make it do something sane - instead 
you have to write totally new rules.

My suggestion just makes any existing usage do the "what you'd expect".

THAT is simpler.

		Linus