msysgit: should core.autocrlf=true be the default on Windows?

I think core.autocrlf=true should be the default on Windows. I strongly believe that Windows users expect this default, as others Windows application rely on it. I recently tried to use kdiff3 on Windows and got satisfactory results only after using autocrlf.

autocrlf should be set right from the very beginning. If you found out about it later, you would have to convert your existing working trees, which is not too easy. Therefore we should guide the user to a reasonable default.

We can report the defaults we chose in *bold* after the installation completed and give a hint where further background information can be found, and what would be needed to adjust the default.

What do you think?

Would /etc/gitconfig in msysgit be the right place to set the default?

	Steffen