# How let git think UTF-16 file as text file

2 messages from 2009-02-02 to 2009-02-02. Participants: Frank Li, Pieter de Bie.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17494

## Frank Li, 2009-02-02 00:43

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

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## Pieter de Bie, 2009-02-02 00:50

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

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