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| author | Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> | 2008-05-14 22:35:48 -0600 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-05-16 12:05:35 -0700 |
| commit | 90948a42892779734f77d62f20326c868392fd8f (patch) | |
| tree | 88b485c2b84e9419faac5e20725069c43f993a74 /Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | |
| parent | 8a06a632976ead891115ad9ac9dea7b99c52158e (diff) | |
| download | git-90948a42892779734f77d62f20326c868392fd8f.tar.gz | |
git-cvsserver: add ability to guess -kb from contents
If "gitcvs.allbinary" is set to "guess", then any file that has
not been explicitly marked as binary or text using the "crlf" attribute
and the "gitcvs.usecrlfattr" config will guess binary based on the contents
of the file.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 4888b8604d..cd0685ea67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -311,17 +311,23 @@ to crlf conversion on some platforms. You can make the server use `crlf` attributes to set the '-k' modes for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config variable. In this case, if `crlf` is explicitly unset ('-crlf'), then the -will set '-kb' mode, for binary files. If it `crlf` is set, +server will set '-kb' mode for binary files. If `crlf` is set, then the '-k' mode will explicitly be left blank. See also linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information about the `crlf` attribute. Alternatively, if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config is not enabled or if the `crlf` attribute is unspecified for a filename, then -the server uses the `gitcvs.allbinary` for the default setting. -If `gitcvs.allbinary` is set, then the files not otherwise +the server uses the `gitcvs.allbinary` config for the default setting. +If `gitcvs.allbinary` is set, then file not otherwise specified will default to '-kb' mode. Otherwise the '-k' mode -is left blank. +is left blank. But if `gitcvs.allbinary` is set to "guess", then +the correct '-k' mode will be guessed based on the contents of +the file. + +For best consistency with cvs, it is probably best to override the +defaults by setting `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` to true, +and `gitcvs.allbinary` to "guess". Dependencies ------------ |