line-ending conversion (was Re: Bazaar as Subversion replacement)

Martin Pool mbp at canonical.com
Thu Feb 1 06:56:56 GMT 2007


On 17 Jan 2007, Nicholas Allen <allen at ableton.com> wrote:
> Another problem is that it doesn't handle rename and moving of file 
> properly. If I set up a line ending style for a file but then move it to 
> a new location I want the line ending style to move with it. It could be 
> a move it to a new name that matches a filter for a different line 
> ending style in the .bzrlineendings. That's why I think this has to be a 
> property of the file so that the property moves with the file and 
> survives renames.

Recording the eol style by a file property would be OK with me.  We can
add that first, then add a dotfile that will set the right property when
the file is first added.

-- 
Martin



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