@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ This is the README for libbitconvert, a library that decodes bits from magnetic stripe cards into the ALPHA and BCD formats and provides a list of fields and values for cards described in the formats file. +Before checking out the project on Windows, please turn on the "core.autocrlf" +option in git (run "git config --global core.autocrlf true"). This will convert +newlines in the checked out files into Windows-style newlines so that editors +like Notepad can read them easily. + To build the library and test driver, run "make" from the root directory. This should work on any POSIX system with a C compiler, such as Ubuntu with build tools (run "sudo apt-get install build-essential"), Mac OS X with Xcode, or README.txt 887c1140012616d05e6d9fadf292be886033bb0a Denver Gingerich denver@ossguy.com http://github.com/ossguy/libbitconvert/commit/3786ca9b646c9aba4d22d87ddfa5a49fd93da86b 3786ca9b646c9aba4d22d87ddfa5a49fd93da86b 2009-05-23T15:42:13-07:00 2009-05-23T15:42:13-07:00 add note about core.autocrlf git option to README Add a paragraph to the README file recommending that Windows users turn on the "core.autocrlf" option in git before checking out the project to make editing easier. 36741e159c2725ee354a0304d5a2e32d61a2a457 Denver Gingerich denver@ossguy.com