From: hasen j <hasan.aljudy@gmail.com>
To: Wilbert van Dolleweerd <wilbert@arentheym.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What should be the CRLF policy when win + Linux?
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 09:34:43 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <i2i600158c31005060834s72e10fb7te19048e3b174d29b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <o2ved79be1d1005060029n67f451c6p3b48b83c51031222@mail.gmail.com>
On 6 May 2010 01:29, Wilbert van Dolleweerd <wilbert@arentheym.com> wrote:
>> I personally find that autocrlf causes more confusion than it solves problems.
>>
>> I've yet to see a text editor on windows that can't handle \n line
>> endings. (Notepad doesn't count)
>>
>> Just keep the project with \n line endings, disable autocrlf, and make
>> sure that people are aware of this.
>
> Editors may handle it gracefully but older Windows programs will have problems.
>
> For instance, Visual Studio 6 will barf on Visual Basic projectfiles
> with non-windows line-style endings. (And please don't ask why I know
> this....)
>
Well, this is the exception that proves the rule then :)
Anyway, If it's a VB project, might as well just keep the files with
CRLF endings then.
I don't know all linux editors, but I've yet to see one that can't
handle CRLF endings.
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Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-05 10:01 What should be the CRLF policy when win + Linux? mat
2010-05-05 13:27 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-05-06 9:27 ` mat
2010-05-06 10:03 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-05-06 2:35 ` hasen j
2010-05-06 7:29 ` Wilbert van Dolleweerd
2010-05-06 15:34 ` hasen j [this message]
2010-05-06 17:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-06 17:26 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-05-06 20:00 ` hasen j
2010-05-06 20:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-06 20:40 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-05-06 22:14 ` hasen j
2010-05-06 23:25 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-05-18 15:13 ` Anthony W. Youngman
2010-05-06 22:27 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-06 22:27 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/3] Add "auto-eol" attribute and "core.eolStyle" config variable Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-06 22:27 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/3] Add tests for per-repository eol normalization Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-06 22:27 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/3] Add " Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-06 23:38 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization Avery Pennarun
2010-05-06 23:54 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 8:45 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-05-07 16:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-05-07 16:57 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 17:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 19:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 19:11 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 19:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 19:35 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 19:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 19:58 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 20:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 20:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 20:42 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-07 20:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 21:17 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-07 21:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 21:30 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 21:37 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-07 21:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 21:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 22:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 22:34 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 22:54 ` hasen j
2010-05-07 23:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 23:47 ` hasen j
2010-05-07 23:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-08 0:19 ` hasen j
2010-05-08 0:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-08 1:39 ` hasen j
2010-05-08 1:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-08 2:49 ` hasen j
2010-05-08 3:31 ` Robert Buck
2010-05-08 3:45 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-08 10:36 ` hasen j
2010-05-08 11:36 ` Robert Buck
2010-05-08 3:34 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-08 0:31 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 22:19 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-08 20:49 ` Dmitry Potapov
2010-05-08 21:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-08 23:42 ` Dmitry Potapov
2010-05-09 7:49 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-09 10:35 ` Robert Buck
2010-05-07 20:58 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 19:23 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-07 19:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-05-07 19:36 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 20:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-05-07 21:00 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 21:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-05-07 21:26 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 22:09 ` A Large Angry SCM
2010-05-07 22:10 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 19:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 20:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-05-07 19:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-05-07 19:25 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-07 19:41 ` Finn Arne Gangstad
2010-05-07 20:06 ` Avery Pennarun
2010-05-07 20:11 ` Eyvind Bernhardsen
2010-05-07 7:15 ` What should be the CRLF policy when win + Linux? Gelonida
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