On 27.06.18 09:54, Steve Groeger wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for incomplete post earlier. Here is the full post: > > > In the latest version of git a new attribute has been added, > working-tree-encoding. The release notes states: > > 'The new "working-tree-encoding" attribute can ask Git to convert the > contents to the specified encoding when checking out to the working > tree (and the other way around when checking in).' > We have been using this attribute on our z/OS systems using a version of git > from Rocket software to convert files to EBCDIC for quite a while now. On > other platforms (Linux, AIX etc) git ignored this attribute and therefore > left the files in ASCII. > > We have common code that is supposed to be usable across different platforms > and hence different file encodings. With the full support of the > working-tree-encoding in the latest version of git on all platforms, how do > we have files converted to different encodings on different platforms? > I could not find anything that would allow us to say 'if platform = z/OS then > encoding=EBCDIC else encoding=ASCII'. Is there a way this can be done? > > > > > Thanks > Steve Groeger []
Did you consider to put a gitattributes file on machine level ? https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes [snipped the other places where to put gitattributes] ... Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the $(prefix)/etc/gitattributes file. > Java Runtimes Development > IBM Hursley > IBM United Kingdom Ltd > Tel: (44) 1962 816911 Mobex: 279990 Mobile: 07718 517 129 > Fax (44) 1962 816800 > Lotus Notes: Steve Groeger/UK/IBM > Internet: groe...@uk.ibm.com > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU >
