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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index b1106714b..4888b8604 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -301,11 +301,27 @@ checkout, diff, status, update, log, add, remove, commit. Legacy monitoring operations are not supported (edit, watch and related). Exports and tagging (tags and branches) are not supported at this stage. -The server should set the '-k' mode to binary when relevant, however, -this is not really implemented yet. For now, you can force the server -to set '-kb' for all files by setting the `gitcvs.allbinary` config -variable. In proper GIT tradition, the contents of the files are -always respected. No keyword expansion or newline munging is supported. +CRLF Line Ending Conversions +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +By default the server leaves the '-k' mode blank for all files, +which causes the cvs client to treat them as a text files, subject +to crlf conversion on some platforms. + +You can make the server use `crlf` attributes to set the '-k' modes +for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config variable. +In this case, if `crlf` is explicitly unset ('-crlf'), then the +will set '-kb' mode, for binary files. If it `crlf` is set, +then the '-k' mode will explicitly be left blank. See +also linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information about the `crlf` +attribute. + +Alternatively, if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config is not enabled +or if the `crlf` attribute is unspecified for a filename, then +the server uses the `gitcvs.allbinary` for the default setting. +If `gitcvs.allbinary` is set, then the files not otherwise +specified will default to '-kb' mode. Otherwise the '-k' mode +is left blank. Dependencies ------------ |