Re: [boost] [git help] Cloning the boost git repository recursively seems to have issues.

Subject: Re: [boost] [git help] Cloning the boost git repository recursively seems to have issues.
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-01 15:56:10

On 1 Nov 2013 at 12:04, Ahmed Charles wrote:

> I was hoping for one that didn't involve a commit, since when Boost2Git
> runs, all the commits change and I can't cherry-pick the fix on top of a
> working directory that contains dirty files that will also change with
> the cherry-pick. 

True.

If you don't mind running Boost2Git yourself, you could merge my EOL 
fix patchset to Boost2Git at 
https://github.com/ryppl/Boost2Git/pull/42. That patchset does inline 
EOL fixups during conversion, so the output is all EOL correct and 
therefore git does not flag files as being modified.

Niall

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