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diff --git a/doc/git-howto.texi b/doc/git-howto.texi index b01981e05e..4d3e2354fc 100644 --- a/doc/git-howto.texi +++ b/doc/git-howto.texi @@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ git clone git@@git.libav.org:libav.git <target> This will put the Libav sources into the directory @var{<target>} and let you push back your changes to the remote repository. +Make sure that you do not have Windows line endings in your checkouts, +otherwise you may experience spurious compilation failures. One way to +achieve this is to run + +@example +git config --global core.autocrlf false +@end example + @section Updating the source tree to the latest revision |