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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Importing non-version controlled bits and pieces to Git
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:22 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Peter Karlsson wrote:

> One complicating factor is that I am working with DOS/Windows source 
> code, so all text files have CRLF line-endings, which means converting 
> before feeding to fast-import, or manually doing "git add" with 
> core.autocrlf == true. fast-import can't be set up to do CRLF 
> auto-conversion, can it?

Why not import everything with a CR/LF, and then use filter-branch with a 
really simple tree-filter?  It is slow, alright, but it is safe, too.

Ciao,
Dscho