Re: [boost] Line endings fixes

Subject: Re: [boost] Line endings fixes
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-12 23:42:45

on Mon Aug 12 2013, Niall Douglas <ndouglas-AT-blackberry.com> wrote:

> 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).

IIRC it's possible to go back in SVN history and retroactively change
properties.  Am I mistaken?

-- 
Dave Abrahams