Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: correct documentation about eol attribute

[Torsten =?unknown-8bit?Q?B=C3=B6gershausen?= <tboegi@web.de>]

Hej Brian,
thanks for digging into this.

Could you be so kind to send the stackoverflow issue ?
(You can send it to me only)

I have some comments/questions, out of my head.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 02:15:07AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> The documentation for the eol attribute states that it is "effectively
> setting the text attribute".
> Let's avoid confusing users (and the present author when trying to
> describe Git's behavior to others) by clearly documenting in which
> cases the "eol" attribute has effect.
>
> Specifically, the attribute always has an effect unless the file is
> explicitly set as -text, or the file is set as text=auto and the file is
> detected as binary.
>
> Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> index 83fd4e19a4..60984a4682 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
> @@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ unspecified.
>  ^^^^^
>
>  This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the
> -working directory.  It enables end-of-line conversion without any
> -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.  Note that
> -setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line
> -endings may make the paths to be considered dirty.  Adding the path to
> -the index again will normalize the line endings in the index.
> +working directory.  This attribute has effect only if the `text`
> +attribute is set or unspecified, or if it is set to `auto` and the file
> +is detected as text.



>  Note that setting this attribute on paths which
> +are in the index with CRLF line endings may make the paths to be
> +considered dirty. Adding the path to the index again will normalize the
> +line endings in the index.

I think that this can be loosened as well. And, beside this, the "dirty"
warning about setting attributes could be written as part of the "text"
attribute as well. I dunno. Here is a possible suggestion:


  Note that setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF
  line endings may make the paths to be considered dirty - unless "text=auto"
  is set. `git ls-files --eol` can be used to check the "line ending status".
  Adding the path to the index again will normalize the line endings in the index.

>
>  Set to string value "crlf"::
>