fix: keep CRLF when patching CPython on Windows (#15346)

# Description

Under `core.autocrlf=input`, a Windows dependency build fails while
building CPython:

```
The system cannot find the batch label specified - begin_search
Cannot locate python.exe on PATH or as PYTHON variable
error MSB8066: ... exited with code 3
```

`git apply` inherits the caller's git configuration, so it rewrites the
patched `PCbuild/find_python.bat` to LF, and `cmd.exe` cannot resolve
`goto` labels in an LF batch file. `git init` already runs in the
extracted source, so setting `core.autocrlf` on that repository fixes it
and leaves the shared `PATCH_CMD` alone.

Only python3 is affected, its patch being the only one under `deps/`
that touches a `.bat`. `core.autocrlf=true` (the Git for Windows
default) and `false`/unset were never affected.

If a dependency build later fails with `patch does not apply`, delete
`deps/build` and rebuild. `git apply` is not idempotent, and that is
independent of this change.

## Tests

Visual Studio 2026 (18.6.3), `core.autocrlf=input`, built from an empty
`deps/build-dbg`:

| `deps debug` on | `find_python.bat` | CPython |
|---|---|---|
| `upstream/main` | 0 CRLF / 95 LF | fails at `begin_search` |
| this branch | 94 CRLF / 1 LF | builds |

It then stops at the debug staging step, a separate bug fixed by #15353;
with both applied it installs `libpython`. I hit this on a debug build,
but the patch step has no Debug/Release conditional.

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Ian Chua
2026-09-06 13:07:35 +08:00
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@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ if(WIN32)
# See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/153438
# Patch from https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/153608
# This patch has not been merged to 3.12 yet so we need to apply it manually
set(_patch_cmd git init && ${PATCH_CMD} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/01-windows-nuget.patch)
#
# Without core.autocrlf=false the patched find_python.bat comes out LF and
# cmd.exe cannot find its goto labels.
set(_patch_cmd git init
&& ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} -c core.autocrlf=false apply --verbose
--ignore-space-change --whitespace=fix
${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/01-windows-nuget.patch)
if(MSVC_VERSION EQUAL 1800)
set(_python_platform_toolset v120)