From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 21:58:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071455180.901@i5.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <FA7479D2-1859-4F8B-AC94-013BD6A4F608@bernhardsen.org>



On Fri, 7 May 2010, Eyvind Bernhardsen wrote:
> 
> Also, I meant to write "* crlf=auto", not "* auto-eol=true", if that makes it
> any less crazy.

Oh, yes. See my other email. "* crlf=auto" is at least sensible, although 
somewhat scary. At least with core.autocrlf=true, the user has to had 
consciously set it. It was the "whole new attribute name" that I thought 
pushed it from "slightly scary" to "crazy".

		Linus