Bug 102219

Description Andrew Hayden 2005-06-29 17:24:45 EDT

In Preferences -> Team -> CVS -> "Files and Folders" (tab):

The option "Convert text files to use platform line ending" could probably be
clearer in meaning.

In my experience if you leave this box checked, then not only do files that are
checked out have their line endings corrected, but *also* the CVS control files
(e.g. Entries, Root, etc) that are created will be created in the manner
appropriate to the platform.

When you uncheck this box, fortunately it works as I would *hope*, but certainly
not as I would *expect* from the description: it does in fact correctly seem to
make the CVS control files without the Windows line endings.

I think this option could probably be made clearer for everyone if the "example"
that is noted in it's help description were somehow tied in to its actual text.

Description from help:

"Use the option to convert the line endings of text files to the line ending
used by the platform. This option can be disabled if you are checking out
resources to a *nix drive that is mounted on a Windows machine."

What is really meant is something like, for example,  "Always treat local
filesystem like UNIX".  Not that it is a particularly great description, either.

What I was expecting when I checked this box was that the files I checked out
would have UNIX-compatible line endings, while the CVS control files would
retain their Windows-specific line endings.  I am glad this wasn't the case, but
it could definitely be clarified.

This is getting to be somewhat messy of a request.  I apologize for the length.
 Last part:

What is currently represented in this option should probably really be TWO options:
1. Select the line-endings for files checked out from the repository
2. Select the line-endings for the CVS control files that are created in the
proejct workspace

This allows maximum flexibility:

I want to check out files with UNIX line endings on a Windows system, and still
use cygwin/whatever to run CVS command-line tools;

I want to check out files with Windows line endings on a UNIX system (mapped
drive), and still use the command line to run CVS.

Hopefully I'm making this clear... sorry if that's not the case.  Regardless,
I'm pretty happy that the current option exists, so kudos to the dev team for
adding it to begin with (made my life a lot easier!)