> If you commit the file, it will be stored with LF in the index,
This is what i believe is not happening.
Lets do this with a public repository and steps which are reproducible.
I have created a repo : https://github.com/ashishnegi/git_encoding
If you clone this repo in linux and run `git status`, you will find
that file is modified.
About repo :
Repo have 2 commits, done on windows machine.
First one check in a utf-16le encoded file which has crlf. crlf will
not be converted to lf in index as git treats it as binary file.
2nd commit changes encoding to utf-8 and commits.
This commit does not change crlf to lf in index, even though new
format is utf-8 which is text based for git. This is the crux of
problem.
I have attached all commands i ran on windows while creating the repo.
I tried to capture all information that i could give.
Please have a look. It might be useful.
Finally, thank you Torsten for giving your time to the problem. Really
appreciate it.
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:39 PM, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> (Back to the beginning)
>
> You have a file ApplicationManifest.xml
> It is encoded in UTF-16 (and has CRLF)
>
> You convert it into UTF-8
> The file has still CRLF (in the worktree)
>
> Now you add it and make a commit.
> Under both Linux and Windows you have "text=auto".
>
> I assume that you have efficiently core.eol=lf under Linux
> and core.eol=crlf on Windows.
>
> (That is the default, when you don't change anything)
>
> Now, what happens to the CRLF?
> If you commit the file, it will be stored with LF in the index,
> on both systems.
> On checkout, Windows will convert them into CRLF, but Linux will not.
>
> That why you see
>>On linux, during committing i get warning : warning: CRLF will be
>>replaced by LF in …file_name..
>
> All in all there is nothing wrong, at least as I see it.
>
> The question remains:
> Do you need CRLF in Linux ?
> Probably not, but if yes, plase add a line
>
> *.xml text eol=crlf
>
> to your
> .gitattributes
>
> Otherwise your .gitconfig looks good to me.
>
>
>
>
>
>
git_encoding_repo>git config --global core.safecrlf
true
git_encoding_repo>git config core.autocrlf
false
git_encoding_repo>git config --get core.autocrlf
false
git_encoding_repo>cat .gitattributes
# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
* text=auto
*.vcxproj eol=crlf
*.sh eol=lf
# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
*.exe binary
*.dll binary
*.pdb binary
*.ico binary
*.png binary
*.jpg binary
git_encoding_repo>git status
On branch master
No commits yet
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
.gitattributes
file_name.txt
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
git_encoding_repo>git ls-files --eol file_name.txt
git_encoding_repo>git add .
git_encoding_repo>git status
On branch master
No commits yet
Changes to be committed:
(use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
new file: .gitattributes
new file: file_name.txt
git_encoding_repo>git ls-files --eol file_name.txt
i/-text w/-text attr/text=auto file_name.txt
git_encoding_repo>git commit -m "Commit utf-16le encoded file which has crlf."
[master (root-commit) 91fe3bd] Commit utf-16le encoded file which has crlf.
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 .gitattributes
create mode 100644 file_name.txt
## At this time, i changed file encoding to utf-8.
git_encoding_repo>git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
git_encoding_repo>git add -p
Only binary files changed.
git_encoding_repo>git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: file_name.txt
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
git_encoding_repo>git add file_name.txt
git_encoding_repo>git status
On branch master
Changes to be committed:
(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
modified: file_name.txt
git_encoding_repo>git commit -m "Change encoding of file to utf-8"
[master 179c27b] Change encoding of file to utf-8
1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
rewrite file_name.txt (100%)
git_encoding_repo>git remote add origin https://github.com/ashishnegi/git_encoding.git
git_encoding_repo>git push -u origin master
Counting objects: 7, done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (7/7), done.
Writing objects: 100% (7/7), 837 bytes | 837.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 7 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/ashishnegi/git_encoding.git
* [new branch] master -> master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.
git_encoding_repo>git ls-files --eol file_name.txt
i/crlf w/crlf attr/text=auto file_name.txt
git_encoding_repo>
