From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 17:41:09 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add core.autocrlf=true on cygwin by default during tests Message-ID: <7vzldg6gui.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <7viqk57vh8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Junio C Hamano writes: > Eric Blake writes: > ... >> I help maintain the cygwin packaging of git, and I don't particularly like >> patch 1/6. Cygwin very much recommends that users stick with binary mounts, >> where cr's are not inserted/stripped by default, and enabling autocrlf in that >> situation is asking for problems... > > Ok, thanks for the comments; I won't touch this for now myself, with > objections and concerns from people working on windows (you on Cygwin > side, and Dscho on msysgit side). Just to make sure I do not cause misunderstanding, I did not mean I won't touch this ever; I obviously meant "...until the concerns raised by windows people are addressed to their satisfaction, as they are much better judge than I am on this topic."