Re: [boost] Line endings fixes

Subject: Re: [boost] Line endings fixes
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-13 04:10:53

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Vitaly Budovski
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:58 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] Line endings fixes
> 
> On 13 Aug 2013 01:46, "Niall Douglas" <ndouglas_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > This isn't just a SVG problem: bootstrap.bat in the root directory has
> > the wrong svn:eol-style for example!
> >
> > Options:
> >
> > 1. If we don't care that checkouts from git of old revisions may have
> > incorrect EOLs, we can commit a fix to all affected files in SVN HEAD
> > to ensure their svn:eol-style exactly matches what
> > https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BoostSubversion says it should be.
> >
> > 2. If we do care that checkouts from git any revision are always
> > correct, we'll need to do some monkeypatching during the svn to git
> > conversion
> process
> > (i.e. check for incorrectness, and fix).
> >
> > Niall
> >
> 
> I prefer the first option, since it's not just a git problem and keeps the two repositories
consistent.
> 
> Might also be a good idea to introduce some pre-commit SVN hooks to ensure appropriate line
endings.

I thought we had these already? - I've certainly fallen foul of some checks :-(

Paul

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