Re: CRLF problems with Git on Win32

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 09:28:15PM +0000, Gregory Jefferis wrote:

Insisting that repos created on windows should have textfiles munged to LF
by default doesn't seem right.  Even using Dmitry's clever autocrlf=safe
option on Windows would lead to inconvenience since all LF files have to be
explicitly attributed as text.  We should be helping Windows people to use
LF files rather than hindering them!

I think people may have different preferences about that. Some people
may want to have text files with CRLF but others with LF. Some trust Git
heuristic for detecting text files (which seems works rahter good for
most commonly used formats) but others are paranoid about loss some
data. Finally, there are some people, who just wants to store their
messy files as is. Based on that, the following options are possible:

1. autocrlf=input for those who want LF and trust Git text heuristic
2. autocrlf=true is for those who want CRLF and trust Git text heuristic
3. autocrlf=fail for those who want LF but do not trust Git heuristic
4. autocrlf=safe for those who want CRLF but do not trust Git heuristic
5. autocrlf=false for those who like messy files with different EOLs

All these options have been mentioned in this thread, and I don't think
we are likely to come up with a better solution, because "better"
depends in which category of people you fall. IMHO, #5 is the least
reasonable of all.

Dmitry