Re: Checkout with \r's

[Geoff Beier]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:40:59 -0800, Jim wrote
> How can I check out a file on Linux with \r's ?
> 
> As part of a build process I use a SHA1 of the source as part of the
> versioning information.  The same code on both windows and linux should
> generate the same SHA1.
> 
You need to normalize your text prior to calculating the SHA1; simply don't
include the line-endings when you calculate the hash. (If you look at the
standards documentation, you'll note that text is frequently encoded in some
well-defined format for most cryptographic standards; "text file" does not
constitute such a format.) Failing that, your only options are to check the
files in as binary, to only check the SHA1 on one platform, or calculate the
reference hashes twice (once on windows, once on Linux) and consider a match
with either to be correct. It's a fact of life that different platforms use
different line endings, and client tools expect this.

You could of course also use the cygwin client on Windows and configure it to
use text files with UNIX line endings. This was the default at one time.

Regards,

Geoff