From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:37:58 GMT
Subject: Re: Switching from CVS to GIT
Message-ID: <E1IhPCo-0004ZO-N9@fencepost.gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <47135D85.50701@viscovery.net>

> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:31:01 +0200
> From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
> Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
> 	prohaska@zib.de, make-w32@gnu.org, raa.lkml@gmail.com, ae@op5.se,
> 	git@vger.kernel.org
> 
> > I prefer GCC (the MinGW port), but without the MSYS ports of
> > additional tools.  I use the GnuWin32 ports augmented by some of my
> > own (where GnuWin32 ports are buggy or terribly slow).
> 
> They should work, too. If a tool is missing, ought to notice it soon enough.
> 
> These are important to note, though:
> 
> - The tools must not do their own LF->CRLF conversion when they are used in 
> a pipeline, "just because they know it better".
> 
> - GNU tar is needed (in the cpio emulator).
> 
> - ln must be able to create hard links on NTFS or do the equivalent of
> cp -p
> 
> - GNU cp -al will be needed and should create hard links on NTFS. (I plan to 
> use it for local clones in place of cpio -pl.)
> 
> Any feedback on how git works for you with these tools is appreciated.

Thanks, I will try.