Tao Klerks <tao@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 8:04 PM Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> May be we can use "updates" instead of "touches" ? >> >> "In '%s', CRLF will be replaced by LF the next time Git updates it" > > Makes sense to me. > >> >> Or may be >> >> "In '%s', CRLF will be replaced by LF the next time a `git checkout` updates it" >> > > I believe we should stay away from the word "checkout" because it's > neither accurate nor clear, for at least a couple of reasons: > 1. We have long, in principle, been promoting the use of "git switch", > and it's not obvious in a message like this one that this is > considered to be equivalent. It is not an equivalent. "switch" is a strict subset of "checkout" and branch switching is not the only case that would correct the line ending on such a file. Checking the contents out of the index or a named commit with "git checkout -- path" would also fix the line endings. > 2. Files can be touched/updated by other commands/processes, like "git > pull" (and "rebase", and probably others I can't think of) Yes.
