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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index c27ca4350e..7004dd2dec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -369,16 +369,13 @@ By default the server leaves the '-k' mode blank for all files, which causes the cvs client to treat them as a text files, subject to crlf conversion on some platforms. -You can make the server use `crlf` attributes to set the '-k' modes -for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config variable. -In this case, if `crlf` is explicitly unset ('-crlf'), then the -server will set '-kb' mode for binary files. If `crlf` is set, -then the '-k' mode will explicitly be left blank. See -also linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information about the `crlf` -attribute. +You can make the server use the end-of-line conversion attributes to +set the '-k' modes for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` +config variable. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information +about end-of-line conversion. Alternatively, if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config is not enabled -or if the `crlf` attribute is unspecified for a filename, then +or the attributes do not allow automatic detection for a filename, then the server uses the `gitcvs.allbinary` config for the default setting. If `gitcvs.allbinary` is set, then file not otherwise specified will default to '-kb' mode. Otherwise the '-k' mode |