[Cuis] About cr/lf issues in MSWindows

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Hannes,

In my experience, to use GitHub with Cuis, I didn't have to tweak 
anything at all. All I do is to edit my files with Cuis, so I never 
introduce CR characters.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

H. Hirzel wrote:
> 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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