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Re: [PATCH/RFC v2 1/4] Add "core.eolStyle" variable to control end-of-line conversion

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
May 8, 2010, 21:57 UTC
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On Sat, 8 May 2010, Eyvind Bernhardsen wrote:
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> Introduce a new configuration variable, "core.eolStyle", that allows the
> user to set which line endings to use for end-of-line-normalized files
> in the working directory.  It defaults to "native", which means CRLF on
> Windows and LF everywhere else.

So I at least agree with the semantics now, but I think that we really would be better off just calling it "core.crlf". I don't _care_ whether people think it's a bad name - much worse than a bad name is to use a name that is not consistent.

Having two config variables named "core.autocrlf" and "core.crlf" at least is consistent. Having "autocrlf" and "eolStyle" is just messed up.

		Linus
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Message 3 of 37 in “End-of-line normalization, take 2 (now only slightly scary)”
  1. 0/4 End-of-line normalization, take 2 (now only slightly scary)Eyvind Bernhardsen, May 8, 2010
  2. 1/4 Add "core.eolStyle" variable to control end-of-line conversionEyvind Bernhardsen, May 8, 2010
  3. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2010
  4. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 8, 2010
  5. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 8, 2010
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 8, 2010
  7. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 9, 2010
  8. Linus TorvaldsMay 9, 2010
  9. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 9, 2010
  10. Dmitry PotapovMay 9, 2010
  11. hasen jMay 9, 2010
  12. Dmitry PotapovMay 10, 2010
  13. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 9, 2010
  14. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 9, 2010
  15. Robert BuckMay 9, 2010
  16. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 9, 2010
  17. Robert BuckMay 9, 2010
  18. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 10, 2010
  19. Robert BuckMay 10, 2010
  20. Robert BuckMay 10, 2010
  21. Dmitry PotapovMay 10, 2010
  22. Jay SoffianMay 9, 2010
  23. Jay SoffianMay 9, 2010
  24. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 10, 2010
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2010
  26. Finn Arne GangstadMay 9, 2010
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2010
  28. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 10, 2010
  29. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 9, 2010
  30. Finn Arne GangstadMay 9, 2010
  31. Dmitry PotapovMay 10, 2010
  32. Finn Arne GangstadMay 10, 2010
  33. Dmitry PotapovMay 10, 2010
  34. Finn Arne GangstadMay 9, 2010
  35. 2/4 Add tests for per-repository eol normalizationEyvind Bernhardsen, May 8, 2010
  36. 3/4 Pass eol conv mode as an argument instead of using global auto_crlfEyvind Bernhardsen, May 8, 2010
  37. 4/4 Add per-repository eol normalizationEyvind Bernhardsen, May 8, 2010

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