>From my original post - A few tests. - I set core.autocrlf=input globally --> a fresh clone doesn't have a clean status files look modified right after a clone) - set core.autocrlf=false globally --> a fresh clone doesn't have a clean status - set core.autocrlf=true globally --> a fresh clone doesn't have a clean status ... I was an early contributor to git, so I am hopefully not too naive about the basics. Of course, I sometimes make a boneheaded mistake. cheers, m On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 9:59 AM Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On June 10, 2020 9:55 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > > To: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Martin Langhoff > > <martin.langhoff@xxxxxxxxx>; Git Mailing List <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: osx autocrlf sanity? > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:04 PM brian m. carlson > > <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 2020-06-09 at 23:31:23, Martin Langhoff wrote: > > > > good question! There is a .gitattributes file, all the files > > > > affected have these attributes > > > > > > > > *.py text diff=python > > > > > > By default, Git will check out files with the text attribute with the > > > native line ending, and it will check them in with LF endings. That > > > can be controlled by core.eol and core.autocrlf > > > > Why is core.autocrlf false not working for me? > > > > I want to work on a repo that has a mix of newlines. I'd like git to completely > > ignore them. Treat all files as a bag'o'bytes. > > > > Assume I am running git rebase over commits that have .gitattributes, so I > > can't "just remove it". > > We use core.autocrlf=input on all our platforms for source files, including OSX. > > Does that work for you? > > Regards, > Randall > > -- Brief whoami: > NonStop developer since approximately 211288444200000000 > UNIX developer since approximately 421664400 > -- In my real life, I talk too much. > > > -- martin.langhoff@xxxxxxxxx - ask interesting questions ~ http://linkedin.com/in/martinlanghoff - don't be distracted ~ http://github.com/martin-langhoff by shiny stuff