From 7c1f0f5091bc03da27af6a14fc209b0d707833a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 15:01:18 +1000
Subject: doc update: add note about patch line endings and .gitattributes

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 index.html | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 299593c..52299a6 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2528,6 +2528,14 @@ endef</pre>
         </p>
 
         <p>
+        When patching sources with crlf line endings, the patch
+        file itself should also have the same eol style. Use the
+        convention of naming the file as <code>*crlf.patch</code>
+        to instruct git not to normalise the line endings (defined
+        in <code>.gitattributes</code>).
+        <p/>
+
+        <p>
         Finally, in your <code>$(PKG)_BUILD</code> section,
         please check that you use our portability variables:
         </p>
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