Add generation of .gitattributes to bdep-new

build2 · Feb 27, 2020 · 921d80c · 921d80c
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commit 921d80c
Showing 1 changed file with 24 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/bdep/new.cxx b/bdep/new.cxx
@@ -879,15 +879,15 @@ namespace bdep
         }
       };
 
-      // .gitignore
+      // .gitignore & .gitattributes
       //
       // See also tests/.gitignore below.
       //
       if (!sub)
       {
         if (vc == vcs::git)
         {
-          // Use POSIX directory separators here.
+          // Note: use POSIX directory separators in these files.
           //
           open (out / ".gitignore");
           if (!pkg)
@@ -918,6 +918,28 @@ namespace bdep
                << "*.exe.manifest"                                     << endl
                << "*.pc"                                               << endl;
           os.close ();
+
+          open (out / ".gitattributes");
+          os << "# This is a good default: files that are auto-detected by git to be text are" << endl
+             << "# converted to the platform-native line ending (LF on Unix, CRLF on Windows)" << endl
+             << "# in the working tree and to LF in the repository."   << endl
+             << "#"                                                    << endl
+             << "* text=auto"<< endl
+             <<                                                           endl
+             << "# Use `eol=crlf` for files that should have the CRLF line ending both in the" << endl
+             << "# working tree (even on Unix) and in the repository." << endl
+             << "#"                                                    << endl
+             << "#*.bat text eol=crlf"                                 << endl
+             <<                                                           endl
+             << "# Use `eol=lf` for files that should have the LF line ending both in the" << endl
+             << "# working tree (even on Windows) in the repository."  << endl
+             << "#"                                                    << endl
+             << "#*.sh text eol=lf"                                    << endl
+             <<                                                           endl
+             << "# Use `binary` to make sure certain files are never auto-detected as text." << endl
+             << "#"                                                    << endl
+             << "#*.png binary"                                        << endl;
+          os.close ();
         }
       }