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Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2007, 06:45 UTC
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"Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
> It is on Windows because busybox cpio is not really good and busybox
> tar is even worse (for cpio emulation). Maybe I should just improve
> busybox cpio :-)

Sounds sensible, as it (at least its -p mode of operation) is one of the programs that is very useful yet not so well known to people new to UNIX.

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  3. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2007
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