Ryan Schmidt wrote on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 19:37:44 -0500: > On Oct 14, 2011, at 19:30, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > Ryan Schmidt wrote on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 19:18:44 -0500: > >> When svn:eol-style is set to ANY value, the file is stored in the > >> repository with LF line endings, and converted to the desired EOL > >> style by the client on checkout or export (and converted by the client > >> to LF line endings before being committed). > > > > Yeah, I thought so too, but when I try now with 1.7.0 I notice that > > setting svn:eol-style to CRLF causes the versioned filesystem (read: > > repository) to contain a file with CRLF set... > > > > And apparently it's the same with 1.6. I don't have any older builds > > handy to test. > > Oh dear. I have apparently been repeating misinformation. The book says > you're right: > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.props.file-portability.html#svn.advanced.props.special.eol-style
Not sure where I got the idea that svn:eol-style files always use LF in storage. Probably some comment in the code referred to the repository-normal form as "contracted keywords and LF linefeeds". This very question even came up in Berlin at one point, but I don't really remember what I said there and whether people corrected me...
