On 24.02.2013 19:47, Stefan Küng wrote: > On 24.02.2013 19:42, Branko Čibej wrote: > >> Regarding automatcially changing line endings -- we don't do that for a >> very good reason: it's always been Subversion's policy to not touch file >> contents unless explicitly told to do so. The line endings could be >> inconsistent for reasons beyond Subversion's knowledge, and the property >> might have been set erroneously. It's therefore up to the user to make >> sure which is the case. > > I think if the property is set, then that's the ok from the user to > just fix the eols.
Well, we decided differently 10 years ago for the reasons I listed above, and I see no new argument that would overturn that reasoning. >> (We're talking about adding files here, of course. Once a file is >> committed, svn:eol-style does tell the client to fiddle with the line >> endings.) > > No, the commit still errors out: Yes, we're talking about adding files to the repository. Once they're in the repository, things are different. -- Brane -- Branko Čibej Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com
