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Re: Changing encoding of a file : What should happen to CRLF in file ?

From
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Nov 16, 2017, 16:15 UTC
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<20171116161506.GA20809@tor.lan>
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:35:33AM +0530, Ashish Negi wrote:
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> On windows :
> > git --version
> git version 2.14.2.windows.2
> 
> On linux :
> > git --version
> git version 2.7.4
> 
> I would like to understand the solution :
> If i understood it correctly : it removes file_name.txt from index, so
> git forgets about it.
> we then add the file again after changing encoding. This time, git
> takes it as utf-8 file and converts crlf to lf when storing it
> internally.
> Right ?

Yes, exactly. (In a coming release of Git there will be a "git add --renormalize <pathspec>" )

> 
> Thank you for the support.
>

Thanks for a clean bug report. Actually it is a bug, I put it on my to do list

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  1. Ashish NegiNov 14, 2017
  2. Torsten BögershausenNov 14, 2017
  3. Ashish NegiNov 14, 2017
  4. Ashish NegiNov 14, 2017
  5. Torsten BögershausenNov 14, 2017
  6. Ashish NegiNov 15, 2017
  7. Torsten BögershausenNov 15, 2017
  8. Ashish NegiNov 15, 2017
  9. Torsten BögershausenNov 16, 2017
  10. Ashish NegiNov 23, 2017
  11. Torsten BögershausenNov 23, 2017
  12. Ashish NegiNov 24, 2017
  13. Torsten BögershausenNov 14, 2017
  14. 1/1 convert: tighten the safe autocrlf handlingtboegi@web.de, Nov 24, 2017
  15. Eric SunshineNov 24, 2017
  16. Torsten BögershausenNov 24, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 25, 2017
  18. 1/1 convert: tighten the safe autocrlf handlingtboegi@web.de, Nov 26, 2017
  19. 1/2 t0027: Don't use git commit <empty-pathspec>tboegi@web.de, Dec 8, 2017
  20. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2017
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2017
  22. Torsten BögershausenDec 8, 2017
  23. 2/2 t0027: Adapt the new MIX tests to Windowstboegi@web.de, Dec 8, 2017

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