Re: [stellation-res] what does "Fixing file not in standard form :" mean

[florin@xxxxxxxxx (Florin Iucha)]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 07:11:30PM -0400, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 July 2002 05:03 pm, Florin Iucha wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am adding a bunch of files to a project and I'm getting tons of:
> >    Fixing file not in standard form : /path/to/file
> >
> > What does it mean?
> 
> It means the file ends without a carriage return on the last line.  Each
> line of a text file is supposed to have a carriage return at the end. 
> Stellation normalizes text files if they don't have a CR at the end.

1. Then the message should be explicit and tell me what it does.

2. I still don't think it is proper to change a file without asking me.

3. Why shoult Stellation care about the contents of the file? For
merging?

florin

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