I think this file may have been from a mac at one point. Note the lone CR (0x0d) line endings, with CRLFs later. $ cat src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm | sed 's/[a-zA-Z]/x/g;s/[0-9]/8/g' | hexdump -C 00000000 3c 21 2d 2d 2d 0d 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 3a 20 |<!---.xxxxxxxx: | 00000010 78 78 78 5f 78 78 78 2e 78 78 78 0d 78 78 78 78 |xxx_xxx.xxx.xxxx| 00000020 78 78 3a 0d 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 3a 20 38 38 2f |xx:.xxxxxxx: 88/| 00000030 38 38 2f 38 38 38 38 20 38 38 3a 38 38 3a 38 38 |88/8888 88:88:88| 00000040 20 78 78 0d 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 3a 20 38 38 | xx.xxxxxxxx: 88| 00000050 2f 38 38 2f 38 38 38 38 20 38 38 3a 38 38 3a 38 |/88/8888 88:88:8| 00000060 38 20 78 78 0d 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 |8 xx.xxxxxxxxxxx| 00000070 3a 0d 2d 2d 2d 3e 0d 0d 3c 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 |:.--->..<xxxxxx | 00000080 78 78 78 78 3d 22 78 78 78 5f 78 78 78 5f 78 78 |xxxx="xxx_xxx_xx| 00000090 78 78 22 20 78 78 78 78 3d 22 38 22 20 78 78 78 |xx" xxxx="8" xxx| 000000a0 78 78 78 78 78 3e 0d 0a 09 3c 78 78 78 78 78 78 |xxxxx>...<xxxxxx| 000000b0 20 78 78 78 78 78 3d 22 22 3e 2d 20 78 78 78 78 | xxxxx="">- xxxx| 000000c0 78 78 20 78 78 78 20 78 78 20 78 78 78 78 2d 3c |xx xxx xx xxxx-<| 000000d0 2f 78 78 78 78 78 78 3e 0d 0a 09 3c 78 78 78 78 |/xxxxxx>...<xxxx| 000000e0 20 78 78 78 2e 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 | xxx.xxxxxxxxxx | 000000f0 78 78 78 20 38 20 78 78 20 78 78 78 78 2e 78 78 |xxx 8 xx xxxx.xx| 00000100 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 78 78 20 27 78 78 38 78 |xxxxxxx xx 'xx8x| 00000110 27 3e 0d 0a 09 3c 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 78 78 78 |'>...<xxxxxx xxx| 00000120 78 78 3d 22 3c 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 78 78 |xx="<xxxxxxxx xx| 00000130 78 78 78 3d 22 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 22 |xxx="xxxxxxxxxx"| 00000140 3e 23 78 78 78 5f 78 78 78 23 2c 3c 2f 78 78 78 |>#xxx_xxx#,</xxx| 00000150 78 78 78 78 78 3e 78 78 78 22 3e 78 78 78 3c 2f |xxxxx>xxx">xxx</| 00000160 78 78 78 78 78 78 3e 0d 0a 09 3c 2f 78 78 78 78 |xxxxxx>...</xxxx| 00000170 3e 0d 0a 3c 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 78 78 78 |>..<xxxxxxxx xxx| 00000180 78 78 3d 22 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 22 3e |xx="xxxxxxxxxx">| 00000190 0d 0a 09 3c 78 78 78 78 78 78 20 78 78 78 78 78 |...<xxxxxx xxxxx| 000001a0 3d 22 23 78 78 78 5f 78 78 78 23 22 3e 23 78 78 |="#xxx_xxx#">#xx| 000001b0 78 5f 78 78 78 23 3c 2f 78 78 78 78 78 78 3e 0d |x_xxx#</xxxxxx>.| 000001c0 0a 3c 2f 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 3e 0d 0a 3c 2f |.</xxxxxxxx>..</| 000001d0 78 78 78 78 78 78 3e 0d 0a 0d 0a |xxxxxx>....| 000001db $ git annotate -L 13,17 --line-porcelain 'src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm' fatal: file src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm has only 10 lines $ cat src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm | wc -l 10 $ cat src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm | mac2unix | wc -l 18 $ git -c core.autocrlf=false -c core.eol=cr annotate -L 13,17 --line-porcelain 'src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm' fatal: file src/htdocs/hr/ats/rpts/incl/slt_org.cfm has only 10 lines Any way to hit git with a stick to treat lone CR as a line break for blame/annotate? -Jason -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-