From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Sixt Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gitattributes.txt: Be more to the point in the filter driver description. Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:05:29 +0200 Message-ID: <1190725529394-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at> References: <11907255291239-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Sixt To: gitster@pobox.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Sep 25 15:46:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IaAkP-0004D9-Vr for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:46:46 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751239AbXIYNqi (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:46:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751014AbXIYNqh (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:46:37 -0400 Received: from lilzmailso02.liwest.at ([212.33.55.13]:3394 "EHLO lilzmailso02.liwest.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750721AbXIYNqh (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:46:37 -0400 Received: from cm56-163-160.liwest.at ([86.56.163.160] helo=linz.eudaptics.com) by lilzmailso02.liwest.at with esmtpa (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1IaA6U-0006J4-GZ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:05:30 +0200 Received: from srv.linz.viscovery (srv.linz.viscovery [192.168.1.4]) by linz.eudaptics.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDCE8C6C3; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:05:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: by srv.linz.viscovery (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 89E1BFA43; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:05:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.3.3.gcc9e In-Reply-To: <11907255291239-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at> X-Spam-Score: 1.7 (+) X-Spam-Report: ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_99=3.5 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: The description was meant to emphasizes that the project should remain usable even if the filter driver was not used. This makes it more explicit and removes the "here is rope to hang yourself" paraphrase. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt --- Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 9 ++++----- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 168a598..20cf8ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -164,11 +164,10 @@ but makes the filter a no-op passthru. The content filtering is done to massage the content into a shape that is more convenient for the platform, filesystem, and the user to use. The keyword here is "more convenient" and not -"turning something unusable into usable". In other words, it is -"hanging yourself because we gave you a long rope" if your -project uses filtering mechanism in such a way that it makes -your project unusable unless the checkout is done with a -specific filter in effect. +"turning something unusable into usable". In other words, the +intent is that if someone unsets the filter driver definition, +or does not have the appropriate filter program, the project +should still be usable. Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes -- 1.5.3.3.gcc9e