Git - update line-endings without affecting the blame

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I have a file that has the wrong line-endings. I'm wondering if there is anyway to fix them in a commit but in such a way that the blame won't show that I've modified every single line in the file. I'd really like to keep the file's line history useful.

You might want to look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3945382/git-commit-that-doesnt-override-original-authors-in-git-blame?rq=1 — Chris Forrence, May 14 '13 at 15:57
And I would say the *second* answer on that thread is better than the accepted one. — Adrian Ratnapala, May 14 '13 at 16:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Looks like git blame -w ... should do the trick based on this answer.

Wonder if Github has a blame view that includes -w

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered May 14 '13 at 19:34

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I'm not sure about GitHub, but `git gui blame` I believe uses it by default. – John Szakmeister May 14 '13 at 23:02

Git - update line-endings without affecting the blame

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