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

[Pete B. <pb...@gm...>]

On 2010.12.07 13:06, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> 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:

Thanks for proving my point that the ____crlf settings seem to be 
confusing/annoying many people and that we are likely to be better off 
not relying on them for the files that matter (i.e. everything that must 
or should have a unique set of line endings across platforms).

Regards,

/Pete