Re: osx autocrlf sanity?

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Jun 9, 2020, 23:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20200609231336.GQ6569@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <CACPiFCJKvnDL9Xj1Xs0RCvuhymjDz4N0hT42dNtBQxp+TLiPaw@mail.gmail.com>

On 2020-06-09 at 19:52:42, Martin Langhoff wrote:

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> Hi git list,
> 
> long time no see! I am here to ask for a sanity check. I'm on OSX.
> Checking out a repository that has an un-controlled mix of line
> endings. Mostly linux-style, but some Windows CRLF endings.
> 
> A few tests.
>  - I set core.autocrlf=input globally --> a fresh clone doesn't have a
> clean status files look modified right after a clone)
>  - set core.autocrlf=false globally --> a fresh clone doesn't have a
> clean status
>  - set core.autocrlf=true globally --> a fresh clone doesn't have a clean status
> 
> This is git v2.23.0 from Homebrew.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong? Can git work sanely on a mixed endings
> repo without having to fix the world first?
> 
> ... I do strive to fix the world (and this small repository), as we
> all do, but it should not be a preconditions before git behaves
> sanely.

Does this repository have a .gitattributes file and if so, is there any correlation between the patterns in that file and the modified files?

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