Hi Lars, On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Lars Schneider wrote: > > On 26 Oct 2017, at 09:09, Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Am 25.10.2017 um 14:19 schrieb Johannes Schindelin: > >> I envy you for the blessing of such a clean C++ source that you do not > >> have any, say, Unix shell script in it. Try this, and weep: > >> $ printf 'echo \\\r\n\t123\r\n' >a1 > >> $ sh a1 > >> a1: 2: a1: 123: not found > > > > I was bitten by that, too. For this reason, I ensure that shell > > scripts and Makefiles begin their life on Linux. Fortunately, modern > > editors on Windows, includ^Wand vi, do not force CRLF line breaks, and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This put a well-needed smile on my face. Thanks. > > such files can be edited on Windows, too. > > Wouldn't this kind of .gitattributes setup solve the problem? > > * -text > *.sh text eol=lf If you look at the commit I mentioned, you will see examples where it breaks down: when using Unix shell scripts *without* .sh file extension. Most notable offender: GIT-VERSION-GEN. Ciao, Dscho