---
doc/git-howto.texi | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/git-howto.texi b/doc/git-howto.texi
index b01981e..4d3e235 100644
--- a/doc/git-howto.texi
+++ b/doc/git-howto.texi
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ git clone git@@git.libav.org:libav.git <target>
This will put the Libav sources into the directory @var{<target>} and let
you push back your changes to the remote repository.
+Make sure that you do not have Windows line endings in your checkouts,
+otherwise you may experience spurious compilation failures. One way to
+achieve this is to run
+
+@example
+git config --global core.autocrlf false
+@end example
+
@section Updating the source tree to the latest revision
--
1.7.1
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