Re: Forcing DOS line endings on checkout/update

[Lan Barnes]

Laine Stump wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:43:38PM -0400, Alleman, Lowell wrote:
> > > I'm surprised that there isn't some environmental variable that you
> > > can just set, like 'CVS_ENV=DOS' which would setup the end of line modes.
> >
> 
> They have needed it. And every time they bring it up on this mailing
> list, it is shot down by people who don't want/need it, and therefore
> insist that it is a silly idea. I tired of the debate after the 2nd or
> third time, and am now just waiting for Subversion to go gold - maybe
> the people there will be more reasonable wrt real-world needs.
> 

Thanks for posting this to the list. I, too, have despaired that
the CVS community is interested in addressing real world concerns
(my disillusionment came in the Great
You-Don't-Need-Binary-File-Support Flame Fest, which, I
understand, is a periodic event -- kind of like red tides). I've
been looking at Aegis, but it seems a bit too restrictive -- the
aegis way or the highway. Now, thanks to your tip, I can look at
Subversion.

> ([...] And why am I replying to the thread
> this time?  Because I figured it was time that the people asking for
> this knew that they weren't crazy, and weren't alone).

A good reason. I'm posting publicly because, without honest
feedback, people can simply not know what others are thinking.

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