Re: [Libusb-devel] CRLF in files checked out on Windows

[Xiaofan C. <xia...@gm...>]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Michael Plante <mic...@gm...> wrote:
> Pete Batard wrote:
> The eol=lf for .sh/.ac is a completely separate issue, and one that I think
> only Segher and Xiaofan think doesn't need to be solved.  Pete seems to
> prefer -text, and everyone else, eol=lf.
>
> But eol=lf is motivated by a bug in autotools and bash, rather than by
> convenience.  The crlf snapshot thing is motivated by ease of use.
>

I maintain my opinion that this is not a bug of autotools and bash.
They are designed to follow the Unix convention so that they will
not work with CRLF.

However I was under the impression that nobody in the right mind
should set autocrlf=true for cross-platform project (it is certainly
fine for Windows only project). But I could be wrong as the popular
Github seems to recommend it. Very surprising!
http://help.github.com/dealing-with-lineendings/

On the other hand, I think MSysGit's default installer option
of autocrlf=true is controversial based on their mailing list.
Even the wiki use "much-hated" when it says that "There has been
work to choose something different than the much-hated autoCRLF=true
option during install: there are options for autoCRLF=false and
autoCRLF=input together with explanations, with the latest
installers."
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/MSysGit:MSysGitHerald9

Anyway, I am not a git expert and I do not have any problems
with whatever you guys decided. I just hope I can continue to
use Cygwin Git and the checked-out repo will work under both
Cygwin and MinGW. I will not use MSysGit or other git GUIs.



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Xiaofan