From: Scott Robison
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 12:58 AM
To: Fossil SCM user's discussion
Subject: Re: [fossil-users] autocrlf like in Git?
> I completely agree with the points other than the one that "the DVCS is the
> only tool that can effectively manage the EOL convention of the files". I use
> a text editor daily that is capable of normalizing EOL convention (though of
> course there are few things capable of starting a flame war as effectively as
> suggesting to any random group of people that their OS or text editor is
> inadequate to some task). :)
I didn’t say that (“..only tool..”). But, using tools is all about
convenience. Yes, we can use Python, Lua, or whatever other scripts to do
whatever work isn’t done automatically. But, this loses on convenience. I
could also keep (as I did until I started using FOSSIL) all my older versions
in dated RAR files, and go back to any version I want to. But, at what cost in
terms of convenience?
> But I can also see the point to the idea that "this is the file I created and
> this is exactly what I want to see when I pull it out of a repo that I put it
> into".
And that’s why those things should always be optional. I never said it should
be imposed on everyone just because some like it this way. But not having the
option is akin to the other side imposing their ‘right’ way on everybody else.
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