[Cuis] About cr/lf issues in MSWindows

[H. Hirzel]

Thank you Angel, as our github expert in residence for these links
about line end problems with github.

The reference
http://timclem.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/mind-the-end-of-your-line/ gives

"Git’s primary solution to all this is to specify that LF is the best
way to store line endings for text files in a Git repository’s object
database. "

and

"
core.autocrlf = false

– This is the default, but most people are encouraged to change this
immediately. The result of using false is that Git doesn’t ever mess
with line endings on your file
"



I use Windows 7 with a git bash shell.

I had not done yet a change so I do now

    git config --global core.autocrlf true

on my MINGW32 git bash shell , right?

Is this enough for Cuis/Squeak/Pharo use? Or do I need to go for a
.gitattributes file?

Kind regards
Hannes

On 1/22/13, Angel Java Lopez <ajlopez2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah! This is a discussion about text files in repo, no text file processing
> in Smalltalk.
>
> Then:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/170961/whats-the-best-crlf-handling-strategy-with-git
> https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings
> and specially
> http://timclem.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/mind-the-end-of-your-line/
>
> Angel "GitHub" Lopez ;-)
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:36 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Juan
>>
>> On 1/22/13, Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:
>> > Germán Arduino wrote:
>> ..
>> >>
>> >> Just noticed also that in Windows I have also the bad formatting with
>> >> the cr/lf as if they were not converted.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > I use Cuis on Mac and Windows all the time. I never had any issue with
>> > cr/lf. Maybe you're editing files in notepad.exe?
>>
>> Yes, I do that sometimes, e.g. to edit README.md files. I realize that
>> after some editing operations  lines are double spaced.
>>
>>
>> Or transferring them
>> > with a "smart" tool that thinks it must do conversions?
>>
>> An alternative tool I use is Notepad++
>> http://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/
>>
>>
>> In any case,
>> > prepare a list of steps to reproduce the problems you see, and I'll
>> > take
>> > a look (as usual).
>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>> > Cheers,
>> > Juan Vuletich
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Hannes Hirzel
>>
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