Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Finn Arne Gangstad [off-list ref] wrote:

Maybe it is sufficient to add a new value to "crlf" that means:

- If the file is autodetected as text:
 - Convert to LF only on commit, and
 - Convert to your preferred EOL style on checkout.

I don't think autocrlf is a good place to specify preferred EOL
style, it is too dangerous to set autocrlf to true by default, but it should
not be dangerous to say that your preferred EOL style is CRLF.

Assuming it's updated to reuse the existing crlf attribute instead of
adding a new one, that seems to be exactly what this patch series is
about.  "Your preferred EOL style" is the newly introduced
core.eolStyle config option.  So... good idea :)

Have fun,

Avery