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Update README regarding CRLF conversion, /etc and $HOME

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Robin Rosenberg 13 years ago
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@ -30,9 +30,22 @@ This package is licensed under the BSD.
have no information about other vendors. Please report your findings have no information about other vendors. Please report your findings
if you try. if you try.
- CRLF conversion is never performed. On Windows you should thereforc - CRLF conversion is performed depending on the core.autocrlf setting,
make sure your projects and workspaces are configured to save files however Git for Windows by default stores that setting during
with Unix (LF) line endings. installation in the "system wide" configuration file. If Git is not
installed, use the global or repository configuration for the
core.autocrlf setting.
- The system wide configuration file is located relative to where C
Git is installed. Make sure Git can be found via the PATH
environment variable. When installing Git for Windows check the "Run
Git from the Windows Command Prompt" option. There are other options
like the jgit.gitprefix system propety or Eclipse settings that can
be used for pointing out where C Git is installed. Modifying PATH is
the recommended option if C Git is installed.
- We try to use the same notation of $HOME as C Git does. On Windows
this is often not same value as the user.home system property.
== Package Features == == Package Features ==

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