Re: Cannot checkout after setting the eol attribute

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 22, 2017, 20:03 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqziar1iau.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170822191318.GA22118@tor.lan>

Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:

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> The following would solve your problem:
>    git init
>    echo $'dos\r' > dos
>    git add dos
>    git commit -m "dos newlines"
>    echo "dos -crlf" > .gitattributes
>    git add .gitattributes
>    git commit -m "add attributes"
>    echo "dos eol=crlf" > .gitattributes

>    git read-tree --empty   # Clean index, force re-scan of working directory
>    git add dos

This is not advisable as a general suggestion, as in a real life (as opposed to a toy example) there will be paths other than this 'dos' thing in the working tree. Perhaps replace "git read-tree --empty" with "git rm -f --cached dos" or something like that that limits its damage would prevent mistakes better.

>    git add .gitattributes
>    git commit -m "set eol attribute instead"
>    git ls-files --eol