[RFC] eol values: unix/windows or LF/CRLF?

[Nicholas Allen]

Can you have both so Windows or CRLF would mean the same thing?

Nick

On Saturday 28 March 2009 09:21:09 Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> I want to land EOL conversion into bzr.dev and I have
> the code ready to go. I'm currently supporting values
> named "unix" and "windows", i.e. what conventions to
> follow when checking in text files.
>
> Alexander has suggested renaming them to LF and CRLF
> respectively. Do people have strong opinions? I suspect
> the latter is more likely to match a google search, i.e.
> searching for "bzr crlf" will likely find the EOL
> help nearer than top than "bzr windows newlines" will say.
> My only concern is that unix/windows is likely to mean more
> to non-programmers using bzr, e.g. technical writers?
>
> Ian C.

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