Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gitfaq: give advice on using eol attribute in gitattributes

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On 2021-11-07 at 23:48:00, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> I like the concrete explanation in the commit message of why `.sh` and
> `.bat` files need to be configured specially, and was expecting that
> quite useful information to be repeated here in the body. That does
> seem exactly like what someone would come to the FAQ searching for,
> and even though the above content hints at it, the hint may be just
> vague enough to be overlooked. Consequently, I'm wondering if it ought
> to be spelled out more explicitly here. In particular, if we give
> examples of actual error messages people might encounter when
> attempting to run a CRLF shell script or an LF batch file, that would
> really give a FAQ searcher/reader something to latch onto when trying
> to solve a problem. This could be done as a lead-in paragraph
> immediately before the "For example, the following...".

I think that we could definitely add some text here to explain why one
would want to use this, providing an example.

> Also, following v1 review, I think you had intended[1]: s/end up with/have/

I will fix that in v3.  Thanks for the reminder.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA

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