Re: [boost] Line endings fixes

Subject: Re: [boost] Line endings fixes
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-31 11:05:12

The right way to handle this is to submit a pull request against https://github.com/ryppl/Boost2Git/blob/master/dot_gitattributes

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On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:14 AM, Jürgen Hunold <jhunold_at_gmx.eu> wrote:

> Hi Vitaly,
> 
> I'm CC#ing this to Dave as this might go below the radar.
> 
> On Tuesday, 30. July 2013 00:33:53 Vitaly Budovski wrote:
>> Please see the attached files. boost_endings1.patch just sets some of
>> the cpp and other text files to have file endings consistent with the
>> rest of the repository.
> 
> Patch applies, but I think svn:eol-styles might be missing.
> 
>> boost_endings2.patch may be controversial as it does the same but for
>> the svg files. Some of them are marked as text, others as binary. It's
>> a real mess. Most of the svg files are generated from other sources so
>> should probably be omitted from the repository and simply regenerated
>> when docs are built.
> 
> eol-style setting here again. Please note that generated documentation is 
> allowed to be checked in.
> 
>> Came across these issues when checking out the modularised boost git
>> repository.
> 
> Right, please add [git] to your subject next time to get attention of the 
> conversion team.
> 
> For the record: Those line endings lead to instant modified git checkout when 
> using modularised boost. I think this is due to the conversion settings and/or 
> missing svn:eol-style.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Jürgen
> 
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