Re: [msysGit] Re: Store autocrlf during init-db (was [msysGit] autocrlf problems with Git-preview20080301.exe)

Hi,

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote:

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

Setting autocrlf for every repository limits the user's options to
override the default.

Then maybe a way for the user to override the global templates is what we 
need?  I can see that this would be useful outside of the crlf issue.

I do not think we need this.  autocrlf is a configurable variable and we 
already have a mechanism for the user to override configuration 
variables.  The user can use "git config --global ..." to sets his 
preferences.  This mechanism is well established.  I do not see a reason 
not to use it.

The point is: if we use /etc/gitconfig, we also touch _existing_ setups 
(as Junio pointed out).  Which, in the case of autocrlf, is not desirable.

And if we go the route via templates, $HOME/.gitconfig will do no good, as 
the configuration in the repository trumps the --global configuration.

Ciao,
Dscho