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2008-12-17Add generic 'strbuf_readlink()' helper functionLibravatar Linus Torvalds1-4/+2
It was already what 'git apply' did in read_old_data(), just export it as a real function, and make it be more generic. In particular, this handles the case of the lstat() st_size data not matching the readlink() return value properly (which apparently happens at least on NTFS under Linux). But as a result of this you could also use the new function without even knowing how big the link is going to be, and it will allocate an appropriately sized buffer. So we pass in the st_size of the link as just a hint, rather than a fixed requirement. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-26Merge branch 'ar/maint-mksnpath' into HEADLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* ar/maint-mksnpath: Fix potentially dangerous uses of mkpath and git_path Fix mkpath abuse in dwim_ref and dwim_log of sha1_name.c Add mksnpath which allows you to specify the output buffer
2008-10-26Fix potentially dangerous uses of mkpath and git_pathLibravatar Alex Riesen1-2/+2
Replace them with mksnpath/git_snpath and a local buffer for the resulting string. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-12Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-0/+7
* maint: test-lib: fix broken printf git apply --directory broken for new files
2008-10-12Replace calls to strbuf_init(&foo, 0) with STRBUF_INIT initializerLibravatar Brandon Casey1-18/+8
Many call sites use strbuf_init(&foo, 0) to initialize local strbuf variable "foo" which has not been accessed since its declaration. These can be replaced with a static initialization using the STRBUF_INIT macro which is just as readable, saves a function call, and takes up fewer lines. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-12git apply --directory broken for new filesLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+7
We carefully verify that the input to git-apply is sane, including cross-checking that the filenames we see in "+++" headers match what was provided on the command line of "diff --git". When --directory is used, however, we ended up comparing the unadorned name to one with the prepended root, causing us to complain about a mismatch. We simply need to prepend the root directory, if any, when pulling the name out of the git header. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Acked-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-09Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-1/+1
* maint: builtin-apply: fix typo leading to stack corruption git-stash.sh: fix flawed fix of invalid ref handling (commit da65e7c1) builtin-merge.c: allocate correct amount of memory Makefile: do not set NEEDS_LIBICONV for Solaris 8 rebase -i: remove leftover debugging rebase -i: proper prepare-commit-msg hook argument when squashing
2008-10-09builtin-apply: fix typo leading to stack corruptionLibravatar Imre Deak1-1/+1
This typo led to stack corruption for lines with whitespace fixes and length > 1024. Signed-off-by: Imre Deak <imre.deak@gmail.com> Looks-good-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-06do not segfault if make_cache_entry failedLibravatar Dmitry Potapov1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-06do not segfault if make_cache_entry failedLibravatar Dmitry Potapov1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-09-29Merge branch 'bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix'Libravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-9/+2
* bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix: Clarify commit error message for unmerged files Use strchrnul() instead of strchr() plus manual workaround Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementation Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path git-submodule: Fix "Unable to checkout" for the initial 'update' Clarify how the user can satisfy stash's 'dirty state' check. t4018-diff-funcname: test syntax of builtin xfuncname patterns t4018-diff-funcname: test syntax of builtin xfuncname patterns make "git remote" report multiple URLs diff hunk pattern: fix misconverted "\{" tex macro introducers diff: fix "multiple regexp" semantics to find hunk header comment diff: use extended regexp to find hunk headers diff: use extended regexp to find hunk headers diff.*.xfuncname which uses "extended" regex's for hunk header selection diff.c: associate a flag with each pattern and use it for compiling regex diff.c: return pattern entry pointer rather than just the hunk header pattern Conflicts: builtin-merge-recursive.c t/t7201-co.sh xdiff-interface.h
2008-09-29Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementationLibravatar Alex Riesen1-9/+2
Besides, it fixes a memleak (builtin-rm.c) and accidental change of the input const argument (builtin-merge-recursive.c). Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-09-06git-apply:--include=pathspecLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-15/+33
This allows --include=pathspec, similar to --exclude=pathspec. The rule when one or both of these are used is that the include/exclude patterns are examined in the order they are given on the command line, and the first match determines if a patch to each path is used or not. Hence: $ git apply --include='specific.h' --exclude='*.h' <diff would apply the patch to specific.h header file, but all other patches in the input file to other header files are ignored. A patch to a path that does not match any include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern on the command line, and ignored if there is any include pattern. This originally came from Joe Perches, but both the design of the semantics and the implementation have been redone complately. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-03Merge branch 'ho/dashless' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
* ho/dashless: tests: use "git xyzzy" form (t7200 - t9001) tests: use "git xyzzy" form (t7000 - t7199) tests: use "git xyzzy" form (t3600 - t6999) tests: use "git xyzzy" form (t0000 - t3599) 'git foo' program identifies itself without dash in die() messages Start conforming code to "git subcmd" style
2008-08-31'git foo' program identifies itself without dash in die() messagesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
This is a mechanical conversion of all '*.c' files with: s/((?:die|error|warning)\("git)-(\S+:)/$1 $2/; The result was manually inspected and no false positive was found. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-30Start conforming code to "git subcmd" styleLibravatar Heikki Orsila1-1/+1
User notifications are presented as 'git cmd', and code comments are presented as '"cmd"' or 'git's cmd', rather than 'git-cmd'. Signed-off-by: Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-30git-apply: Loosen "match_beginning" logicLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+4
Even after a handfle attempts, match_beginning logic still has corner cases: 1bf1a85 (apply: treat EOF as proper context., 2006-05-23) 65aadb9 (apply: force matching at the beginning., 2006-05-24) 4be6096 (apply --unidiff-zero: loosen sanity checks ..., 2006-09-17) ee5a317 (Fix "git apply" to correctly enforce "match ..., 2008-04-06) This is a tricky piece of code. We still incorrectly enforce "match_beginning" for -U0 matches. I noticed this while trying out an example sequence from Clemens Buchacher: $ echo a >victim $ git add victim $ echo b >>victim $ git diff -U0 >patch $ cat patch diff --git i/victim w/victim index 7898192..422c2b7 100644 --- i/victim +++ w/victim @@ -1,0 +2 @@ a +b $ git apply --cached --unidiff-zero <patch $ git show :victim b a The change inserts a new line before the second line, but we insist it to be applied at the beginning. As the result, the code refuses to apply it at the original offset, and we end up adding the line at the beginning. Updates to the test script are by Clemens Buchacher. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-21Rename path_list to string_listLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-8/+8
The name path_list was correct for the first usage of that data structure, but it really is a general-purpose string list. $ perl -i -pe 's/path-list/string-list/g' $(git grep -l path-list) $ perl -i -pe 's/path_list/string_list/g' $(git grep -l path_list) $ git mv path-list.h string-list.h $ git mv path-list.c string-list.c $ perl -i -pe 's/has_path/has_string/g' $(git grep -l has_path) $ perl -i -pe 's/path/string/g' string-list.[ch] $ git mv Documentation/technical/api-path-list.txt \ Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt $ perl -i -pe 's/strdup_paths/strdup_strings/g' $(git grep -l strdup_paths) ... and then fix all users of string-list to access the member "string" instead of "path". Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt needed some rewrapping, too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-13Make usage strings dash-lessLibravatar Stephan Beyer1-1/+1
When you misuse a git command, you are shown the usage string. But this is currently shown in the dashed form. So if you just copy what you see, it will not work, when the dashed form is no longer supported. This patch makes git commands show the dash-less version. For shell scripts that do not specify OPTIONS_SPEC, git-sh-setup.sh generates a dash-less usage string now. Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-09apply: fix copy/rename breakageLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+7
7ebd52a (Merge branch 'dz/apply-again', 2008-07-01) taught "git-apply" to grok a (non-git) patch that is a concatenation of separate patches that touch the same file number of times, by recording the postimage of patch application of previous round and using it as the preimage for later rounds. This "incremental" mode of patch application fundamentally contradicts with the way git rename/copy patches are designed. When a git patch talks about a file A getting modified, and a new file B created out of A, like this: diff --git a/A b/A --- a/A +++ b/A ... change text here ... diff --git a/A b/B copy from A copy to B --- a/A +++ b/B ... change text here ... the second change to produce B does not depend on what is done to A with the first change in any way. This is explicitly done so for reviewability of individual patches. With this commit, we do not look at 'fn_table' that records the postimage of previous round when applying a patch to produce a new file out of an existing file. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-09Merge branch 'js/apply-root'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+24
* js/apply-root: git-apply --directory: make --root more similar to GNU diff apply --root: thinkofix. Teach "git apply" to prepend a prefix with "--root=<root>"
2008-07-06git-apply --directory: make --root more similar to GNU diffLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Applying a patch in the directory that is different from what the patch records is done with --directory option in GNU diff. The --root option we introduced previously does the same, and we can call it the same way to give users more familiar feel. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05Fix apply --recount handling of no-EOL lineLibravatar Thomas Rast1-1/+1
If a patch modifies the last line of a file that previously had no terminating '\n', it looks like -old text \ No newline at end of file +new text Hence, a '\' line does not signal the end of the hunk. This modifies 'git apply --recount' to take this into account. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-02apply --root: thinkofix.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
The end of a string is string[length-1], not string[length+1]. I pointed it out during the review, but I forgot about it when applying the patch. This should fix it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Teach "git apply" to prepend a prefix with "--root=<root>"Libravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+24
With "git apply --root=<root>", all file names in the patch are prepended with <root>. If a "-p" value was given, the paths are stripped _before_ prepending <root>. Wished for by HPA. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Merge branch 'js/apply-recount'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+68
* js/apply-recount: Allow git-apply to recount the lines in a hunk (AKA recountdiff)
2008-07-01Merge branch 'jc/checkdiff'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+2
* jc/checkdiff: Fix t4017-diff-retval for white-space from wc Update sample pre-commit hook to use "diff --check" diff --check: detect leftover conflict markers Teach "diff --check" about new blank lines at end checkdiff: pass diff_options to the callback check_and_emit_line(): rename and refactor diff --check: explain why we do not care whether old side is binary
2008-06-28Allow git-apply to recount the lines in a hunk (AKA recountdiff)Libravatar Johannes Schindelin1-7/+68
Sometimes, the easiest way to fix up a patch is to edit it directly, even adding or deleting lines. Now, many people are not as divine as certain benevolent dictators as to update the hunk headers correctly at the first try. So teach the tool to do it for us. [jc: with tests] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-27git-apply: handle a patch that touches the same path more than once betterLibravatar Don Zickus1-10/+72
When working with a lot of people who backport patches all day long, every once in a while I get a patch that modifies the same file more than once inside the same patch. git-apply either fails if the second change relies on the first change or silently drops the first change if the second change is independent. The silent part is the scary scenario for us. Also this behaviour is different from the patch-utils. I have modified git-apply to create a table of the filenames of files it modifies such that if a later patch chunk modifies a file in the table it will buffer the previously changed file instead of reading the original file from disk. Logic has been put in to handle creations/deletions/renames/copies. All the relevant tests of git-apply succeed. A new test has been added to cover the cases I addressed. The fix is relatively straight-forward. Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-26check_and_emit_line(): rename and refactorLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+2
The function name was too bland and not explicit enough as to what it is checking. Split it into two, and call the one that checks if there is a whitespace breakage "ws_check()", and call the other one that checks and emits the line after color coding "ws_check_emit()". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-25Merge branch 'js/config-cb'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
* js/config-cb: Provide git_config with a callback-data parameter Conflicts: builtin-add.c builtin-cat-file.c
2008-05-17builtin-apply: do not declare patch is creation when we do not know itLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-15/+0
When we see no context nor deleted line in the patch, we used to declare that the patch creates a new file. But some people create an empty file and then apply a patch to it. Similarly, a patch that delete everything is not a deletion patch either. This commit corrects these two issues. Together with the previous commit, it allows a diff between an empty file and a line-ful file to be treated as both creation patch and "add stuff to an existing empty file", depending on the context. A new test t4126 demonstrates the fix. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-17builtin-apply: accept patch to an empty fileLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-56/+77
A patch from a foreign SCM (or plain "diff" output) often have both preimage and postimage filename on ---/+++ lines even for a patch that creates a new file. However, when there is a filename for preimage, we used to insist the file to exist (either in the work tree and/or in the index). When we cannot be sure by parsing the patch that it is not a creation patch, we shouldn't complain when if there is no such a file. This commit fixes the logic. Refactor the code that validates the preimage file into a separate function while we are at it, as it is getting rather big. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-17builtin-apply: typofixLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-14Provide git_config with a callback-data parameterLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-3/+3
git_config() only had a function parameter, but no callback data parameter. This assumes that all callback functions only modify global variables. With this patch, every callback gets a void * parameter, and it is hoped that this will help the libification effort. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-10Optimize symlink/directory detectionLibravatar Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
This is the base for making symlink detection in the middle fo a pathname saner and (much) more efficient. Under various loads, we want to verify that the full path leading up to a filename is a real directory tree, and that when we successfully do an 'lstat()' on a filename, we don't get a false positive due to a symlink in the middle of the path that git should have seen as a symlink, not as a normal path component. The 'has_symlink_leading_path()' function already did this, and cached a single level of symlink information, but didn't cache the _lack_ of a symlink, so the normal behaviour was actually the wrong way around, and we ended up doing an 'lstat()' on each path component to check that it was a real directory. This caches the last detected full directory and symlink entries, and speeds up especially deep directory structures a lot by avoiding to lstat() all the directories leading up to each entry in the index. [ This can - and should - probably be extended upon so that we eventually never do a bare 'lstat()' on any path entries at *all* when checking the index, but always check the full path carefully. Right now we do not generally check the whole path for all our normal quick index revalidation. We should also make sure that we're careful about all the invalidation, ie when we remove a link and replace it by a directory we should invalidate the symlink cache if it matches (and vice versa for the directory cache). But regardless, the basic function needs to be sane to do that. The old 'has_symlink_leading_path()' was not capable enough - or indeed the code readable enough - to really do that sanely. So I'm pushing this as not just an optimization, but as a base for further work. ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-16Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint: git-bisect: make "start", "good" and "skip" succeed or fail atomically git-am: cope better with an empty Subject: line Ignore leading empty lines while summarizing merges bisect: squelch "fatal: ref HEAD not a symref" misleading message builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patch Clarify documentation of git-cvsserver, particularly in relation to git-shell
2008-04-16Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint-1.5.4: git-bisect: make "start", "good" and "skip" succeed or fail atomically git-am: cope better with an empty Subject: line Ignore leading empty lines while summarizing merges bisect: squelch "fatal: ref HEAD not a symref" misleading message builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patch Clarify documentation of git-cvsserver, particularly in relation to git-shell
2008-04-15builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patchLibravatar Alberto Bertogli1-1/+1
When a patch can't be opened (it doesn't exist, there are permission problems, etc.) we get the usage text, which is not a proper indication of failure. Signed-off-by: Alberto Bertogli <albertito@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-14builtin-apply.c: use git_config_string() to get apply_default_whitespaceLibravatar Stephan Beyer1-6/+2
Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-06Merge branch 'jc/maint-apply-match-beginning'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+16
* jc/maint-apply-match-beginning: Fix "git apply" to correctly enforce "match at the beginning"
2008-04-06Fix "git apply" to correctly enforce "match at the beginning"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+16
An earlier commit 4be6096 (apply --unidiff-zero: loosen sanity checks for --unidiff=0 patches, 2006-09-17) made match_beginning and match_end computed incorrectly. If a hunk inserts at the beginning, old position recorded at the hunk is line 0, and if a hunk changes at the beginning, it is line 1. The new test added to t4104 exposes that the old code did not insist on matching at the beginning for a patch to add a line to an empty file. An even older 65aadb9 (apply: force matching at the beginning., 2006-05-24) was equally wrong in that it tried to take hints from the number of leading context lines, to decide if the hunk must match at the beginning, but we can just look at the line number in the hunk to decide. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-26Always set *nongit_ok in setup_git_directory_gently()Libravatar SZEDER Gábor1-1/+1
setup_git_directory_gently() only modified the value of its *nongit_ok argument if we were not in a git repository. Now it will always set it to 0 when we are inside a repository. Also remove now unnecessary initializations in the callers of this function. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-24Merge branch 'jc/apply-whitespace'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-243/+476
* jc/apply-whitespace: ws_fix_copy(): move the whitespace fixing function to ws.c apply: do not barf on patch with too large an offset core.whitespace: cr-at-eol git-apply --whitespace=fix: fix whitespace fuzz introduced by previous run builtin-apply.c: pass ws_rule down to match_fragment() builtin-apply.c: move copy_wsfix() function a bit higher. builtin-apply.c: do not feed copy_wsfix() leading '+' builtin-apply.c: simplify calling site to apply_line() builtin-apply.c: clean-up apply_one_fragment() builtin-apply.c: mark common context lines in lineinfo structure. builtin-apply.c: optimize match_beginning/end processing a bit. builtin-apply.c: make it more line oriented builtin-apply.c: push match-beginning/end logic down builtin-apply.c: restructure "offset" matching builtin-apply.c: refactor small part that matches context
2008-02-23ws_fix_copy(): move the whitespace fixing function to ws.cLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-108/+3
This is used by git-apply but we can use it elsewhere by slightly generalizing it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-16Merge branch 'sp/safecrlf'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* sp/safecrlf: safecrlf: Add mechanism to warn about irreversible crlf conversions
2008-02-11Merge branch 'lt/in-core-index'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+5
* lt/in-core-index: lazy index hashing Create pathname-based hash-table lookup into index read-cache.c: introduce is_racy_timestamp() helper read-cache.c: fix a couple more CE_REMOVE conversion Also use unpack_trees() in do_diff_cache() Make run_diff_index() use unpack_trees(), not read_tree() Avoid running lstat(2) on the same cache entry. index: be careful when handling long names Make on-disk index representation separate from in-core one
2008-02-11apply: do not barf on patch with too large an offsetLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
Previously a patch that records too large a line number caused the offset matching code in git-apply to overstep its internal buffer. Noticed by Johannes Schindelin. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-11builtin-apply.c: guard config parser from value=NULLLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
apply.whitespace configuration expects a string value. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-06safecrlf: Add mechanism to warn about irreversible crlf conversionsLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data. autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings such that we have only LF line endings in the repository. But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the conversion can corrupt data. If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right after committing you still have the original file in your work tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell git that this file is binary and git will handle the file appropriately. Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files converting CRLFs corrupts data. This patch adds a mechanism that can either warn the user about an irreversible conversion or can even refuse to convert. The mechanism is controlled by the variable core.safecrlf, with the following values: - false: disable safecrlf mechanism - warn: warn about irreversible conversions - true: refuse irreversible conversions The default is to warn. Users are only affected by this default if core.autocrlf is set. But the current default of git is to leave core.autocrlf unset, so users will not see warnings unless they deliberately chose to activate the autocrlf mechanism. The safecrlf mechanism's details depend on the git command. The general principles when safecrlf is active (not false) are: - we warn/error out if files in the work tree can modified in an irreversible way without giving the user a chance to backup the original file. - for read-only operations that do not modify files in the work tree we do not not print annoying warnings. There are exceptions. Even though... - "git add" itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the next checkout would, so the safety triggers; - "git apply" to update a text file with a patch does touch the files in the work tree, but the operation is about text files and CRLF conversion is about fixing the line ending inconsistencies, so the safety does not trigger; - "git diff" itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is often run to inspect the changes you intend to next "git add". To catch potential problems early, safety triggers. The concept of a safety check was originally proposed in a similar way by Linus Torvalds. Thanks to Dimitry Potapov for insisting on getting the naked LF/autocrlf=true case right. Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>