Re: [PATCH] Respect crlf attribute in "git add" even if core.autocrlf has not been set

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Robin Rosenberg wrote:

> torsdagen den 24 juli 2008 18.45.07 skrev Johannes Schindelin:
> > However, I see Junio's point: on sane platforms you have to work hard 
> > to get CR-damaged files.  And the regular sane platform user should 
> > not be punished for the brain/CR damage a certain monopolist has 
> > brought over this planet.
> 
> That wasn't hard at all :) Eclipse did it all by itself for JEE 
> MANIFEST.MF files. We got into some strange problems on windows with 
> msysgit after that where git (status) detected the files as changed, but 
> no actual content change and refused to change it's mind. I think we had 
> actually fixed the files on Windows prior to that. Only after converting 
> the checkout to autocrlf=input did msysgit enter a sane state again. I 
> was not able to repeat the problem at the time.
> 
> Maybe I'll try again in a few weeks time.

That would be rather useful, because without a way to reproduce, you leave 
me with a rather frustrating situation.

Hth,
Dscho