> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:57:33 +0100 (CET) > From: Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> > Cc: bug-autoconf@gnu.org > > > How did CRLF get there anyway? How did you extract or obtain the > > source? > > `git clone' using msysgit, which uses CRLF by default for checkout > (provided the files are stored as LF within git, as it is for my > repository). I know how to circumvent the problem, but I was fooled > by the `msys' part in msysgit's name, thinking that those MSYS and > msysgit fit together without additional tweaks...
You should set up msysgit to leave the EOLs alone. When you installed msysgit, it offered that as an option. In fact, I think this is the default, but maybe I'm wrong. In any case, letting a VCS change the EOL format is asking for trouble.
