RE: Consistency of text file format (CR/LF and LF formats)

[Jim.Hyslop]

Jonathan ILIAS [mailto:jonathan.ilias@eseo.fr] wrote:
> If CVS get different 
> formats in the same modification (e.g. one commiting), it is 
> really an 
> editor's error and CVS should not try to fix it.
Exactly - it's not CVS's job to fix up problems introduced by other
software.

Text editors should be configured to deliver the correct line-ending for the
file system they are running on. On native Windows, this means CR followed
by LF. On UNIX, this meas LF alone. On hybrid platforms, such as Cygwin
under Windows or (I think) certain NFS mounts, it depends how the
environment is set up - Cygwin can be configured to use either.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)