Re: Git on Windows, CRLF issues
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> Jakub Narebski:
>
>> I think you can, by unsetting `crlf` attribute, i.e. putting the
>> following in .gitattributes:
>>
>> * -crlf
>
> Yeah, that does indeed seem to work, no matter how core.autocrlf is
> configured globally. I think this is the best way to go for the
> repositories I am working on (as they are very much DOS/Windows-only).
>
> Does anyone know how to hack an existing repository so that I can add
> such a .gitattributes file to all commits? I've tried reading the
> git-filter-branch manual page a few times, but I am still confused by
> it.
Something like (untested, using bash):
X=$(echo "* -crlf" | git hash-object -w --stdin)
git filter-branch \
--index-filter $'git-update-index --index-info <<< \
"100644 $X\t.gitattributes"' \
-- --all
-- Hannes
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>