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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 217980f48d..036e61e2f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -660,11 +660,21 @@ gitcvs.logfile:: Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. +gitcvs.usecrlfattr + If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for + files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set, + the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will + treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file + will be set with '-kb' mode, which supresses any newline munging + the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified, + then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattribute[5]. + gitcvs.allbinary:: - If true, all files are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This - causes the client to treat all files as binary files which suppresses - any newline munging it otherwise might do. A work-around for the - fact that there is no way yet to set single files to mode '-kb'. + If true, all files not otherwise specified using + 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and an explicitly set or unset `crlf` + attribute are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This + causes the client to treat them as binary files which + suppresses any newline munging it otherwise might do. gitcvs.dbname:: Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information @@ -695,8 +705,9 @@ gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic characters will be replaced with underscores. -All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be -specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method' +All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and +'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as +'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method' is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given access method. |