Re: CVS and ^M

[David Koski]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:47:18 -0700
Mike Ayers <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> Carsten Friedrich wrote:
>  > Hi,
> 
>       Hello.
> 
>  > I looked at the FAQ, but it wasn't there. Maybe somebody can help:
>  >
>  > I'm working on a Windows 2000 machine with cygwin installed.
> 
>       Okay, off to a bad start...
> 
>  > I set up cvs to use :ext:... to keep my repository on a unix server.
> 
>       No problem here.
> 
>  > When I update files now (which I have previously edited on windows),
>  > they suddenly have a ^M at the end of every line which is a little bit
>  > annoying. Is there a way to stop cvs from adding ^M?
> 
>       CVS is not adding the LFs (^M is the graphic representation of LF, the 
> ASCII
> linefeed character).  You are using a native windows editor (or some other

FYI, ^M is CR, not LF.  ^J is LF and the unix end of line character.

David