Git end-of-line conversion settings

Enable end-of-line conversion

git config --global core.autocrlf input

• Make sure your IDE (Text) Editors are unix/dos EOL aware.
• Global git config:

  git config --global core.autocrlf input
  git config --global core.safecrlf true

• Create .gitattributes file at the root the git repository, and add configuration like below:

  *       text=auto
  *.java      text
  *.xml       text
  *.sh        text eol=lf
  *.cmd       text eol=crlf
  *.bat       text eol=crlf
  *.jpg       -text
  *.png       -text
  *.gif       -text

• Normalise the EOL for all the files in the repository:

  git add --renormalize .

  git status        # Show files that will be normalized

  git commit -m "Introduce end-of-line normalization"

Disable end-of-line conversion

git config --global core.autocrlf false

See also

• Configure End-of-line conversion in .gitattributes file
• Mind the End of Your Line
• Git core.safecrlf different behavior on files with same line endings