From dd2f6178176a78d4440776addb68c842a7be58dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alain Schneble Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:01:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Refine comment on GIT core.autocrlf in nt/INSTALL.W64 --- nt/INSTALL.W64 | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/nt/INSTALL.W64 b/nt/INSTALL.W64 index e109c6f..970bb20 100644 --- a/nt/INSTALL.W64 +++ b/nt/INSTALL.W64 @@ -85,7 +85,14 @@ in your MSYS2 environment with: The autocrlf feature of Git may interfere with the configure file, so it is best to disable this feature by running the command: - git config core.autocrlf false + git config --global core.autocrlf false + +The --global (or --system) option is required as the configuration +variable must be set before cloning the GIT repository. +Alternatively, to use a repository-local variable, specify --config +option to git clone: + + git clone --config core.autocrlf=false ... * Get the Emacs source code -- 2.8.1.windows.1