Re: [Libusb-devel] >=autoconf-2.63 no grokmultiline AC_CONFIG_FILES?

[Michael P. <mic...@gm...>]

This one needs to be separate from the rest of my replies because of the
quoting I'm doing here...

Pete Batard wrote:
>> As you pointed out earlier, I applied the safecrl settings advised by
>> Peter when I started my branch (I remember getting my fingers slapped on
>> this list for not using it).

Sorry, my recollection (and my search of my email) indicates that you never
used safecrlf.  On 1/14, you said:

>>  "Currently I have AutoCrLf set in TortoiseGit. Can't set SafeCrLf as
>>  there seems to be a bug that prevents any commits when set (at least on
>>  Windows 7 x64)"

On 1/22, Peter privately told me:

>>  git config core.safecrlf true

On 1/28, Peter told Orin:

>> Please git config core.autocrlf true; git config core.safecrlf true
>> to try to avoid CRLF line endings in patches.

On 1/28, you replied:

>> Can't set safecrlf with TortoiseGit, as it prevents any pushes when set,
>> but I don't think it's much of an issue as I'm only pushing text files.
>> The safecrlf is the real only limitation I found with TortoiseGit as all
>> the rest is working brilliantly, and seems very stable.

On 4/27, you said:

>> Also, it
>> took me an awful long time to figure out that there was a bug when
>> SafeCRLF was selected that prevented me to push.

Only on 12/3 has Peter even hinted at a different story, and only after you
revealed that you're still not using safecrlf:

>> > my git/config for libusb is attached. [mkp note:  it shows
safecrlf=false]
>>
>> Hm. You set safecrlf explicitly. My git config --help doesn't say
>> what the default is, but I don't think safecrlf=false can ever be
>> harmful. But I think autocrlf=true explains why you need -text in
>> your repo.


>> It's only lately that Peter has been
>> advocating different settings...

That's not 100% clear to me.  He does seem to have indicated safecrlf=false
may not be harmful.  That's about all I've seen.  Do you have an email
contradicting this?



Michael