From: Dmitry Kakurin Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:36:20 GMT Subject: Re: msysgit: should core.autocrlf=true be the default on Windows? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: I'll be short. On 8/12/07, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > > Please keep in mind that msysgit is targeting developers who want > > to contribute to MinGW port of git. > Why that?. In my opinion msysgit is already the best git you can > get on Windows. End-user version could be made MUCH smaller. > > On the other hand, setup for end-users should have it as default, I > > agree. > > But our end-users are developers! We should leverage on that and make > msysgit the 'end-user' installation. Developers tend to be interested > in fixing problems with their working environment. We should provide > them a _very_ easy way of submitting their fixes and improvements > back to msysgit, e.g. via mob branch. This could speed up the Windows > porting effort tremendously. I agree. That's why msysgit was created. On the other hand, for many user Git is just a tool that they use to accomplish something important for them (completely unrelated to git). That's why end-user installer exists as well. -- - Dmitry