Re: [PATCH] init-db: Store current value of autocrlf

[Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:34:13AM +0100, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
> Storing the current value of autocrlf to preserve it for this repository
> even if the global setup changes is a good idea.  Changing autocrlf
> later is tricky because the work tree's line endings depend on the
> settings during checkout.  Therefore, it makes sense to preserve the
> value of autocrlf that exists during the first checkout.  In this
> regards autocrlf is different from, for example, author, because author
> can be easily changed later without requiring any conversion of existing
> files in the work tree.
> 
> This commit modifies the initialization of a new repository to store the
> current value of autocrlf.

NAK

While I agree that preserving autocrlf may be a good idea, I don't like
that the idea of making an exception for autocrlf and treating the global
settings for it differently than for other variables -- as something that
should be copied on init. We have templates for that, so autocrlf should
be placed into templates/config and then it will be automatically copied
when a new repository is created. I have tested that now, and it works.


Dmitry