Windows: run "git config --global core.autocrlf false" before cloning the repo

On my windows box, I experienced the following loop:

GROOB:~/work $ git clone git@github.com:ghc/ghc.git
Cloning into 'ghc'...
remote: Counting objects: 223976, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (44932/44932), done.
remote: Total 223976 (delta 179757), reused 222061 (delta 178061)
Receiving objects: 100% (223976/223976), 67.25 MiB | 560 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (179757/179757), done.
GROOB:~/work $ cd ghc
GROOB:~/work/ghc $ ls
ANNOUNCE  SUBMAKEHELP    config.sub*   ghc.mk       mk/          tarballs
HACKING   aclocal.m4     configure.ac  ghc.spec.in  packages     utils/
LICENSE   bindisttest/   distrib/      includes/    rts/         validate*
MAKEHELP  boot*          docs/         install-sh*  rules/
Makefile  compiler/      driver/       libffi/      settings.in
README    config.guess*  ghc/          libraries/   sync-all*
GROOB:~/work/ghc $ ./sync-all get
 at ./sync-all line 287.
== Checking for old haddock repo
== Checking for old binary repo
== Checking for old mtl repo
== Checking for old Cabal repo
== Checking for old time from tarball
============================
ATTENTION!

You have an old time package in your GHC tree!

Please remove it (e.g. "rm -r libraries/time"), and then run
"./sync-all get" to get the new repository.
============================
GROOB:~/work/ghc $ l libraries/time
./  ../
GROOB:~/work/ghc $ rm -rf libraries/time
GROOB:~/work/ghc $ l libraries/time
/bin/ls: libraries/time: No such file or directory
GROOB:~/work/ghc $ ./sync-all get
 at ./sync-all line 287.
== Checking for old haddock repo
== Checking for old binary repo
== Checking for old mtl repo
== Checking for old Cabal repo
== Checking for old time from tarball
============================
ATTENTION!

You have an old time package in your GHC tree!

Please remove it (e.g. "rm -r libraries/time"), and then run
"./sync-all get" to get the new repository.
============================
GROOB:~/work/ghc $

Turns out the problem is solved by deleting the repo, running:

git config --global core.autocrlf false

and checking out the repo again.

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.6.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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