Checking out a Linux-based subversion project into Windows and line endings

Question

I am collaborating on a project hosted in a Subversion repository on a Linux server. My computer runs Windows XP. I am using CollabNet's Windows Subversion command-line client on my Windows XP machine.

I am running into the end-of-line (EOL) problem that happens when I edit a file on my Windows machine and then do an svn update . Subversion thinks there are differences when the only differences are really between line-endings.

I kow that this could be solved with the eol-style property, but I am unclear as how to proceed:

1. What setting for eol-style should I use?
2. Do I make this property setting on the Linux side or the Windows side?

Answer 1

You should probably use svn:eol-style= native . This means that it'll convert LF to CRLF when on windows, and keep LF on linux. It doesn't matter on what system you set the property.

See also svnbook

Answer 2

To attach the mentioned property manually to a set of existing files run the "svn propset" command (assuming that you have a command line client). For example, to attach the property to all cpp files run:

svn propset -R svn:eol-style native *.cpp