From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 21:23:45 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <384AA932-227B-43B0-9D38-560A3567918A@gmail.com> On Fri, 7 May 2010, Eyvind Bernhardsen wrote: > > I don't understand. All you have to do is add "* auto-eol=true" to your > .gitattributes, and line endings will be normalized exactly as if you'd > set "core.autocrlf". Why would you have to write totally new rules? > Which rules? I think "* auto-eol=true" is just crazy. We would _never_ want to do that. Any project that does that should be shot in the head. So encouraging that as a format is just silly and stupid. In contrast, the slight change in semantics (with no new config options _or_ attributes) that I suggest should just make everybody happy - because it takes care of the real life situation that people are in. Linus