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authorTorsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>2016-06-28 10:01:13 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-07-06 11:53:51 -0700
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convert: unify the "auto" handling of CRLF
Before this change, $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes $ echo "* eol=crlf" >>.gitattributes would have the same effect as $ echo "* text" >.gitattributes $ git config core.eol crlf Since the 'eol' attribute had higher priority than 'text=auto', this may corrupt binary files and is not what most users expect to happen. Make the 'eol' attribute to obey 'text=auto' and now $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes $ echo "* eol=crlf" >>.gitattributes behaves the same as $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes $ git config core.eol crlf In other words, $ echo "* text=auto eol=crlf" >.gitattributes has the same effect as $ git config core.autocrlf true and $ echo "* text=auto eol=lf" >.gitattributes has the same effect as $ git config core.autocrlf input Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index e3b1de803..d7a124b73 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ text file is normalized, its line endings are converted to LF in the
repository. To control what line ending style is used in the working
directory, use the `eol` attribute for a single file and the
`core.eol` configuration variable for all text files.
+Note that `core.autocrlf` overrides `core.eol`
Set::
@@ -130,8 +131,9 @@ Unset::
Set to string value "auto"::
When `text` is set to "auto", the path is marked for automatic
- end-of-line normalization. If Git decides that the content is
- text, its line endings are normalized to LF on checkin.
+ end-of-line conversion. If Git decides that the content is
+ text, its line endings are converted to LF on checkin.
+ When the file has been commited with CRLF, no conversion is done.
Unspecified::
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ unspecified.
^^^^^
This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the
-working directory. It enables end-of-line normalization without any
+working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any
content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.
Set to string value "crlf"::
@@ -186,9 +188,10 @@ the working directory, and prevent .jpg files from being normalized
regardless of their content.
------------------------
+* text=auto
*.txt text
-*.vcproj eol=crlf
-*.sh eol=lf
+*.vcproj text eol=crlf
+*.sh text eol=lf
*.jpg -text
------------------------
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ normalization in Git.
If you simply want to have CRLF line endings in your working directory
regardless of the repository you are working with, you can set the
-config variable "core.autocrlf" without changing any attributes.
+config variable "core.autocrlf" without using any attributes.
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[core]