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@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ git clone git@@source.ffmpeg.org:ffmpeg <target>
This will put the FFmpeg 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