Re: [msysGit] Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-11-04 Thread Raja R Harinath
Hi, Chris B writes: [snip] > - Windows has been able to cope with UNIX line endings a long time; no > developer is using a default Notepad to open files with high > expectations. Any Windows development tool and editor worth anything > I've used is able to handle both just fine. > - VIM also hand

Re: [msysGit] Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-10-19 Thread John Szakmeister
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Chris B wrote: [snip] > - Windows has been able to cope with UNIX line endings a long time; no > developer is using a default Notepad to open files with high > expectations. Any Windows development tool and editor worth anything > I've used is able to handle both

Re: [msysGit] Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-10-19 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:39:27AM -0400, Chris B wrote: > I would like to point out: > - Git on Linux does not mess around with line endings. I can create > and edit a file in either line ending on Linux and commit and still > have it untouched. > - Git on Windows via Cygwin also does not mess ar

Re: [msysGit] Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-10-19 Thread Junio C Hamano
Chris B writes: > - If there was SO MUCH thought into this, then it was too much... I do not have much to add to what area experts already said on bits specific to Git for Windows, but on just this part: > - Our builds were not breaking, it was production due to deployment > model utilizing Git

Re: [msysGit] Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-10-19 Thread Chris B
Hi. I'm sorry about the tone of the email; I was writing it after spending a lot of energy fixing things up and I should have taken some time to breathe. I recognize this is likely not going to change and even if I could jump in to contribute it wouldn't matter. I also recognize that changing it n

Re: [msysGit] Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-10-18 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Chris B > wrote: > > Hi.. it is such a crime to have that default option of MSysGit mess > > around with the line endings. > > No it's not. Let's keep things professional. Eliciting emotions, especially negativ

Re: Git for Windows and line endings

2012-10-18 Thread Erik Faye-Lund
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Chris B wrote: > Hi.. it is such a crime to have that default option of MSysGit mess > around with the line endings. No it's not. > There is no thought to the fact that it's possible the Git users are > not using Git the exact way the authors thought it would be