Re: Today's pgjdbc release causing git clone issues

Hello,

I have a question about today's release of pgjdbc.  I tried cloning down the code on a RHEL7 box today, and I was confused when I couldn't switch branches because of a conflict.  I looked into it a little deeper, and tried the following procedure:

git clone https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc.git

cd pgjdbc

git status

In running that command, 4 files have been auto-modified on the clone:

# modified:   org/postgresql/test/ssl/SslTest.java

# modified:   org/postgresql/translation/de.po

# modified:   org/postgresql/util/PGTime.java

# modified:   org/postgresql/util/PGTimestamp.java

This is unusual behavior for me.  What's even stranger is that I cannot switch branches because some of these files have conflicts.  Doing some research, I see that the new .gitattributes file has the following line in it:

* text=auto

I found a link that discusses this issue a bit:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28145664/ignore-text-auto-in-gitattributes-file

Unfortunately, I've tried everything in the post, and the only thing that works is to immediately git reset after clone, or to modify the .gitattributes file.

Is this desired behavior?  Does anyone have a suggestion what I need to do to work around it?

Thank you,

  -John