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| author | Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> | 2008-05-15 08:35:48 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-05-16 23:05:35 +0400 |
| commit | 90948a42892779734f77d62f20326c868392fd8f (patch) | |
| tree | 88b485c2b84e9419faac5e20725069c43f993a74 /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | 8a06a632976ead891115ad9ac9dea7b99c52158e (diff) | |
git-cvsserver: add ability to guess -kb from contents
If "gitcvs.allbinary" is set to "guess", then any file that has
not been explicitly marked as binary or text using the "crlf" attribute
and the "gitcvs.usecrlfattr" config will guess binary based on the contents
of the file.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 036e61e2f6..917ef5b4fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -670,11 +670,14 @@ gitcvs.usecrlfattr then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattribute[5]. gitcvs.allbinary:: - If true, all files not otherwise specified using - 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and an explicitly set or unset `crlf` - attribute are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This - causes the client to treat them as binary files which - suppresses any newline munging it otherwise might do. + This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve + the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all + unresolved files are sent to the client in + mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them + as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it + otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess", + then the contents of the file are examined to decide if + it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'. gitcvs.dbname:: Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information |