From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:44:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] t3032-*.sh: Do not strip CR from line-endings while grepping on MinGW
Message-ID: <7vaak8ta01.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4D07B904.8040206@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>

Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> writes:

> By default grep reads in text mode and converts CRLF into LF line
> endings, which causes tests 4, 6 and 8 to fail. In a similar manner
> to commit a94114ad  (Do not strip CR when grepping HTTP headers,
> 2010-09-12), we set (and export) the GREP_OPTIONS variable to -U so
> that grep will use binary mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>

Adding these GNU specific options leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth, but
I'd pass them, as their use is limited to certain platforms with "prereq".

Thanks.