From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:08:48 GMT
Subject: Re: use binmode(STDOUT) in git-status
Message-ID: <438B2B90.9010500@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511281700100.11362@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> Of course, here is the problem: git on Windows runs only using cygwin. You 
> can specify the line ending behaviour of cygwin (I think it is an env 
> variable). Activision Perl, being independent of cygwin, does not care 
> about that setting.
> 
> So, to be accurate, you'd have to check what *cygwin* expects, and 
> depending on that execute binmode(STDOUT) or not.
> 

Makes sense, I guess... except if you're running Cygwin, wouldn't 
Cygwin's Perl make a lot more sense?

	-hpa