Jörg, I might, but I'd probably just try running the release from a linux server first.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Jörg Schaible <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Don, > > Don Branson wrote: > > > I'm trying to resolve an issue which I've posted at > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17367079/with-mvn-releaseprepare-is-it-possible-to-instruct-maven-to-use-a-forward-slas > . > > Is this a known issue with Maven+git+Cygwin? Is there a solution? > > Years ago I was in this situation with Maven+svn+Cygwin. I simply > deinstalled the Cygwin svn and used a Windows version of the command line. > You just have to ensure that you checkout your sources in a directory that > is mounted with Cygwin's text flag i.e. my sources had all CR/LF EOL's and > all the Cygwin tools expected that because of the text mount. > > Maybe you can use a similar setup with git ... > > The main problem was (and is IIRC) that you don't have a Cygwin version of > a > JDK and therefore all Java applications were using Windows paths. However, > 10 years ago, you had no option, but today you might be able to build > icedtea. Maybe it is in the meanwhile available for Cygwin? > > - Jörg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Don Branson
