Re: Small question on "CVS Diff"

Torsten,

> I have identified the problem: When detecting the format of 
> the sandbox 
> (DOS/UNIX), TortoiseCVS looks at the line endings of the 
> CVS/Root file. 
> In previous CVSNT releases, this file had the same line 
> endings as the 
> sandbox.
> However, it appears that it now always has CRLF line endings 
> - leading 
> TortoiseCVS to believe that the sandbox is in DOS format.
> 
> Arthur, do you have any idea why this has changed?

Tony removed the --lf option altogether in 2006, but re-instated it
after there was a lot of complaint on the mailing list and he found a
'safer' way to implement it.  I suspect the change you have observed was
a part of that process of making it safer (the files in the CVS
directory should always use native line endings).

Since each file can feasibly have different line endings it's probably
better if TortoiseCVS examines the line endings of the file being
diff'ed.  Regardless of the format that CVSNT creates the file in - many
windows programs will automatically re-write it with DOS line endings.

The --lf option should be considered 'likely to disappear' in the
future, it's not documented.  If a persons workflow requires the use
linux line endings on windows then I encourage them to upgrade to CVSNT
server and mark the files as -kL

These are the newsgroup posts about --lf:
http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2006-August/026498.html
And
http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2006-September/027086.html

Regards,


Arthur Barrett

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