Re: osx autocrlf sanity?

From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2020, 23:31 UTC
Message-ID: <CACPiFCK0h0LfdyE6Q=UJkuX+Qdb=rULcgDJwgxQ0w-1O0zpMew@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200609231336.GQ6569@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

Hi Brian,

good question! There is a .gitattributes file, all the files affected have these attributes

*.py     text diff=python

regards,

martin

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 7:14 PM brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:

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> On 2020-06-09 at 19:52:42, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> > 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?
> --
> brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US
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