Re: [bug-patch] Re: patch troubles with CRLF's again

[Andreas Gruenbacher]

On Monday, 16 March 2009 22:52:13 Karl Berry wrote:

> we would still end up with mixed line endings in new vs. existing

> files.

>

> Yes, I understand, but at least the results are comprehensible, and I

> think in nearly all cases, the results are what are actually desired.

> IMHO.

>

> Requiring to turn off the trailing CR heuristic

> explicitly on the command line prevents this aberration.

>

> So in those few cases where people want to force line endings one way or

> the other, they can specify an option.

Let me restate: I want patch to default to native line endings on each platform unless instructed to take patches literally (--binary), in which case no transformation happens. That way the common case will work, there will be fewer surprises because there is less guessing, and patch won't thwart attempts to achieve non-standard behaviors, either.

Thanks,

Andreas