[HADOOP-8912] adding .gitattributes file to prevent CRLF and LF mismatches for source and text files

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha, 1-win
• Fix Version/s: 1-win, 2.0.3-alpha
• Component/s: build
• Target Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Raja Aluri
• Reporter: Raja Aluri
• Created: 10/Oct/12 22:09
• Updated: 04/Sep/14 03:07
• Resolved: 12/Oct/12 09:02

Description

Source code in hadoop-common repo has a bunch of files that have CRLF endings.
With more development happening on windows there is a higher chance of more CRLF files getting into the source tree.
I would like to avoid that by creating .gitattributes file which prevents sources from having CRLF entries in text files.

I am adding a couple of links here to give more primer on what exactly is the issue and how we are trying to fix it.

1. http://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_checking_out_and_checking_in
2. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/170961/whats-the-best-crlf-handling-strategy-with-git

This issue for adding .gitattributes file to the tree.

Issue Links

• is related to: SQOOP-651 adding .gitattributes to prevent CRLF and LF mismatches for source and text files
• relates to: HADOOP-9675 use svn:eol-style native for html to prevent line ending issues