Re: [boost] [git] Line endings in bootstrap.bat on Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Line endings in bootstrap.bat on Windows
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-24 20:40:19

On 25/11/2013 14:07, Quoth Dave Abrahams:
> Björn Pollex <bjoern.pollex_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> I just cloned the modularized Boost repository from Github [1]. Right after
>> the clone is done, git status gives me a complete diff on bootstrap.bat (so
>> probably line endings).
>>
>> I do have autocrlf = true in my system configuration, so this shouldn't be
>> the problem, right?
>
> It very well might be the problem.

Provided that the backend repository uses LF line endings exclusively 
(which is the git-recommended style), autocrlf=true is the recommended 
setting on Windows and should not result in a diff being shown if the 
checkout was made with this setting in force. [1][2]

You should only run into trouble if the repository is not LF-only or if 
your checkout contains mixed-EOL files, either from using editors that 
altered EOLs (which will be common on Windows if you don't have 
autocrlf=true) or from changing the autocrlf setting after checking out.

If the conversion is not already normalising line endings to LFs, 
perhaps it should do so?  (With some exceptions for test files 
specifically for specific EOL handling, if any.)

[1] https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings
[2] http://git-scm.com/book/ch7-1.html#Formatting-and-Whitespace