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Re: Importing non-version controlled bits and pieces to Git

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 20, 2008, 13:00 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0806201339330.4004@ds9.cixit.se>
Hi,
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Peter Karlsson wrote:
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> One complicating factor is that I am working with DOS/Windows source 
> code, so all text files have CRLF line-endings, which means converting 
> before feeding to fast-import, or manually doing "git add" with 
> core.autocrlf == true. fast-import can't be set up to do CRLF 
> auto-conversion, can it?

Why not import everything with a CR/LF, and then use filter-branch with a really simple tree-filter? It is slow, alright, but it is safe, too.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Peter KarlssonJun 20, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaJun 20, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  4. Peter KarlssonJun 20, 2008
  5. Johannes SixtJun 20, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  7. Peter KarlssonJun 23, 2008
  8. Peter KarlssonJun 23, 2008
  9. Karl HasselströmJun 24, 2008
  10. Peter KarlssonJun 24, 2008

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