On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:45:16 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> BTW the value of coreautolf flag is asked during the installation of Git for >> windows, it is should be mentioned in the docs, since it is quite common >> issue. > > @jddarcy Recommended new wording: > Suggestion: > > * Clone the JDK repository using the Cygwin command line `git` client > as instructed in this document. > > Using the Cygwin `git` client is the recommended way since it > guarantees that there will be no line ending issues and it works well > with other Cygwin tools. It is however also possible to use [Git for > Windows](https://gitforwindows.org). If you chose this path, make sure > to set `core.autocrlf` to `false` (this is asked during installation). I would recommend putting in a link to the instructions on the Skara wiki page. They actually recommend Git for Windows and I have switched too. The main reason is to be able to use the token manager. To just clone and build, using Cygwin Git is definitely easier though. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/21
