Re: [Gnu-arch-users] windows/linux interop status - line endings?

[Robert Anderson]

John Arbash Meinel wrote:

> However, others (such as myself) have frequently been bit by CVS trying
> to do this, and *don't* want this behavior. I *like* that tla doesn't
> try and guess what line endings I want, it just gives me back the ones I
> gave it. That lets me use CRLF for files that require it (visual studio
> .vcproj for instance), and not for the rest.

Well I guess that's the thing.  I guess I don't know when it's required 
and when it isn't, nor why.

What I do know is that I don't want ^M cluttering my source files when I 
edit them in emacs under linux, and I don't want my shell scripts to say 
"bad interpreter" under linux when I try to run them.  These are two 
problems I've had in the first 5 minutes of trying to use tla instead of 
CVS in this arrangement.  I never had either of these problems using the 
CVS method.  It seems its "guesses" about what I want are pretty spot-on 
for my usage.

Maybe there is a way to arrange things so that line endings are 
preserved but the behavior is sane on both sides (this seems to be what 
you're advocating).  Can you offer me any guidance?  I have source 
files, shell scripts, and Visual Studio files under source control.  I 
edit them in emacs on both sides, compile using GNU make and g++ on both 
sides, want the shell scripts to run on both sides (cygwin under win32), 
but also make the occasional VS build for distribution purposes.

Thanks,
Bob