Re: msysgit: should core.autocrlf=true be the default on Windows?

["Dmitry Kakurin" <dmitry.kakurin@gmail.com>]

I'll be short.

On 8/12/07, Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> wrote:
> > Please keep in mind that msysgit is targeting developers who want
> > to contribute to MinGW port of git.
> Why that?. In my opinion msysgit is already the best git you can
> get on Windows.

End-user version could be made MUCH smaller.

> > On the other hand, setup for end-users should have it as default, I
> > agree.
>
> But our end-users are developers! We should leverage on that and make
> msysgit the 'end-user' installation. Developers tend to be interested
> in fixing problems with their working environment. We should provide
> them a _very_ easy way of submitting their fixes and improvements
> back to msysgit, e.g. via mob branch. This could speed up the Windows
> porting effort tremendously.

I agree. That's why msysgit was created.
On the other hand, for many user Git is just a tool that they use to
accomplish something important for them (completely unrelated to git).
That's why end-user installer exists as well.

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- Dmitry