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

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

Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> I think so, yes.  I'm not sure the zip files gitweb produces will do
>> what you want though, wrt line endings.

No, of course not, which is why I was guessing it hadn't already been done.
But I hadn't heard updates from Peter in many months, so it was just a
guess.  The fact that it doesn't do it is also why I indicated it was
nontrivial.


>> I don't think the gitweb-generated tarballs/zipfiles are terribly good
>> for not-so-experienced users.  Never mind the line endings -- what about
>> autoconf and other build requirements.  Release-like snapshots are a much
>> more robust resource for them.

Agreed!  You were the one who suggested gitweb.



>> As I've also said at least ten times now, if you want to be sure
>> git doesn't mangle line endings on those files, you can check them
>> in as binary files.  Which would mean of course that CRs end up in
>> the repo -- all bytes in there do, just like if you checked in a PNG
>> file or whatever.  If whoever handles the MSVC project files prefers
>> to do it another way, that's fine with me.

That was Pete's preference.



>> Those tags won't end up in the official repo anyway.
>>
>> Maybe you want Pete to make snapshots off his tree, at least until it
>> gets merged?

Yes, that's what I said.  Per commit, per repo.


Pete Batard wrote:
>> So we're not going with Peter's "I just don't want CR in the repo"?
>> Can Peter confirm he's OK with it?

No, Segher is saying that if that happens with the MSVC files, he won't
complain.  Nobody's necessarily advocating that.




Michael