Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add core.autocrlf=true on cygwin by default during tests

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Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Don Slutz <Don.Slutz <at> SierraAtlantic.com> writes:
>
>> 
>> This is a patch set to do the work from mail message:
>> 
>> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/8/7/254415
>> 
>> It is split into 6 parts.  This is because the tests do not work on
>> Linux if autocrlf=true.
>> 
>> 1) The change to autocrlf=true by default for cygwin
>
> 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).

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