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How let git think UTF-16 file as text file

Subject: How let git think UTF-16 file as text file

## tl;dr

2 messages between Feb 2, 2009 and Feb 2, 2009.

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Frank Li· Feb 2, 2009, 00:43 UTC · lore

VS project resource file and resource header file use UTF-16 as unicode. Default git think it is binary file. How to let git think it is text file.

Pieter de Bie· Feb 2, 2009, 00:50 UTC · re: Frank Li · lore

Re: How let git think UTF-16 file as text file

On 2 feb 2009, at 00:43, Frank Li wrote:

> VS project resource file and resource header file use UTF-16 as  
> unicode.
> Default git think it is binary file.
> How to let git think it is text file.

Perhaps something like

*vs diff crlf

in your .gitattributes file?