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sparse checkout file with windows line endings doesn't work

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MGMartin Gregory <marting@adelaideinterim.com.au>
Date
Sep 16, 2013, 13:20 UTC
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Hi,
Please see  http://pastebin.com/zMXvvXuy

It shows that if the .git/info/sparsecheckout file is in windows format (windows line ending) then it doesn't work.

Thanks for any advice.
This is git 1.8.3.msysgit.0
Martin
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