How to avoid mixed eol-styles in a svn repository

eol, line-endings, newline, svn

Solution

You should use pre-commit hooks on server-side.

Here is a hook you need: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/contrib/hook-scripts/check-mime-type.pl

This hook will enforce users to set correct eol-style.

See svn documentation on how to use them.

Also, you can implement your own hook which will set eol-style automatically.

Problem

Is there a best practice for preventing mixed eol-styles in a subversion repository. I know that `svn:eol-style=native` can be set as an auto-prop, but I would have to ensure that it was set for all committers. I'm also reluctant to do a retrospective, repository-wide change of `svn:eol-style` if there is a less invasive solution.

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