tboegi@xxxxxx writes:
> From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx>
>
> Working with a repo that used to be all CRLF. At some point it
> was changed to all LF, with `text=auto` in .gitattributes.
> Trying to cherry-pick a commit from before the switchover fails:
>
> $ git cherry-pick -Xrenormalize <commit>
> fatal: CRLF would be replaced by LF in [path]
OK. That's a very clear description of the symptom that can be
observed from the surface.
> Whenever crlf_action is CRLF_TEXT_XXX and not CRLF_AUTO_XXX,
> SAFE_CRLF_RENORMALIZE must be turned into CRLF_SAFE_FALSE.
Aside from needing s/CRLF_SAFE/SAFE_CRLF/, this however lacks
"Otherwise, because of X and Y, Z ends up doing W" to explain
the "must be" part. Care to explain it a bit more?
Thanks.
> Reported-by: Eevee (Lexy Munroe) <eevee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Thanks for reporting.
> Here is a less invasive patch.
> Please let me know, if the patch is OK for you
> (email address, does it work..)
>
> convert.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
> index be91358..526ec1d 100644
> --- a/convert.c
> +++ b/convert.c
> @@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ static int crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
> checksafe = SAFE_CRLF_FALSE;
> else if (has_cr_in_index(path))
> convert_crlf_into_lf = 0;
> - }
> + } else if (checksafe == SAFE_CRLF_RENORMALIZE)
> + checksafe = SAFE_CRLF_FALSE;
> +
> if (checksafe && len) {
> struct text_stat new_stats;
> memcpy(&new_stats, &stats, sizeof(new_stats));