feature request: text=input option in .gitattributes

After requesting this as https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/issues/164, I was told to take it upstream, so here I am.

I would like a text=input feature added that has the same behavior as text=auto, except that it defaults to core.autocrlf=input behavior instead of core.autocrlf=true. This would ensure that the repository is normalized and the text files in the working directory match what is in the repository by default. In mysysgit#164, I highlighted the behavior changes in a spreadsheet. This would still allow users to set core.autocrlf=true if they want CRLF on their Windows system. Using text=input instead of text=auto would ensure that Windows build servers like TFS and TeamCity compile libraries with code that matches exactly what is in the repository. This in turn, would make it much much easier to do source indexing using my SourceLink project. :)

thanks, Cameron

On 2014-02-11 15.57, Cameron Taggart wrote:

If you want to normailze your repo, and keep it normalized, I can recommend to use .gitattributes.

Please see the excellent page here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html And especially this part:

$ echo "* text=auto" >>.gitattributes $ rm .git/index # Remove the index to force git to $ git reset # re-scan the working directory $ git status # Show files that will be normalized $ git add -u $ git add .gitattributes $ git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"

/Torsten

Thank you Torsten. Could some one help me clarify what this means?

https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html "This ensures that all files that git considers to be text will have normalized (LF) line endings in the repository. The core.eol configuration variable controls which line endings git will use for normalized files in your working directory; the default is to use the native line ending for your platform, or CRLF if core.autocrlf is set."

Does this mean?
1) the files in your working directory should only be set to CRLF if
your native line endings are core.eol=crlf and core.autocrlf=true?
2) the files in your working directory should be set to CRLF by
default if your native line endings are core.eol=crlf and not
core.autocrlf=input

I was hoping it would be #1, but it does not appear to be working that way. The F# Compiler Service that I want to source index has text=auto. It can be used to test.

git clone https://github.com/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Service fcs

git config --global core.eol crlf git clone https://github.com/fsharp/FSharp.Compiler.Service fcsCoreEolCrlf

Please help clarify how git should be working, so that I can either log a bug or a feature request.

cheers, Cameron

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> wrote: