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Re: [PATCH/RFC] autocrlf: Make it work also for un-normalized repositories

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2010, 20:30 UTC
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Finn Arne Gangstad <finnag@pvv.org> writes:
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> Previously, autocrlf would only work well for normalized
> repositories. Any text files that contained CRLF in the repository
> would cause problems, and would be modified when handled with
> core.autocrlf set.
> 
> Change autocrlf to not do any conversions to files that in the
> repository already contain a CR. git with autocrlf set will never
> create such a file, or change a LF only file to contain CRs, so the
> (new) assumption is that if a file contains a CR, it is intentional,
> and autocrlf should not change that.
> 
> The following sequence should now always be a NOP even with autocrlf
> set (assuming a clean working directory):
> 
> git checkout <something>
> touch *
> git add -A .    (will add nothing)
> git comit       (nothing to commit)
> 
> Previously this would break for any text file containing a CR
How this feature relates to `core.safecrfl'?
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 8 of 10 in “autocrlf: Make it work also for un-normalized repositories”
  1. autocrlf: Make it work also for un-normalized repositoriesFinn Arne Gangstad, May 10, 2010
  2. Johannes SchindelinMay 10, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2010
  4. Finn Arne GangstadMay 11, 2010
  5. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 10, 2010
  6. Dmitry PotapovMay 10, 2010
  7. Eyvind BernhardsenMay 11, 2010
  8. Jakub NarebskiMay 10, 2010
  9. Dmitry PotapovMay 10, 2010
  10. Finn Arne GangstadMay 11, 2010

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