From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:45:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed
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In-Reply-To: <fcaeb9bf0710311825k715900a0sa32a95b87cb146c7@mail.gmail.com>

"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.