Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] EGit / line ending problems with simrel r

[Ed Willink <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eike

> > Hi
> >
> > My suspicion is that the problem is in the comparison tooling.
> >
> > The files in the repo seem to be normalized to LF line endings, but 
> > some Windows tooling creates CR-LF; some tools can
> > be fixed via Bugzillas but it's a losing battle.
>
> I totally disagree. All these tools have been working fine with all 
> other version control systems. 
We agree. I was just elaborating the bad alternative.

> And the false positives in the staging view appear with no comparison 
> tool being involved. And it's impossible to get rid of them by means 
> of the tool (EGit) that has created them.
There is a comparison. EGIT must do a file compare to determine whether 
the file is changed. If you edit a file and edit it back again, the file 
disappears from the staging view, so EGIT must be using content rather 
than timestamp to detect changes.

    Regards

        Ed Willink