How to get Git to convert CRLF files to LF, on Linux?

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I'm trying to do something very simple: check out a repo that has CRLF endings (and no .gitattributes) file, and end up with native (LF) line endings. I don't even want to commit back.

I've read Github's suggestion, and Tim Clem's article, but mostly they seem aimed at Windows developers.

I've tried this:

$ git config --global core.autocrlf=input
$ git clone https://github.com/DennisSchiefer/Project-OSRM-Web.git

But no - the file I care about, OSRM.Config.js, still has CRLF endings.

Trying core.autocrlf=true didn't help.

Even adding and committing a .gitattributes file (then git rm --cached -r . && git reset --hard) doesn't help.

I can't find any combination that will actually leave LF line endings on this file.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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core.autocrlf will force git to process all text files.

If OSRM.Config.js is not processed, that means Git deems it binary.
See:

Even with a .gitattributes with *.js text, that would still keep crlf.

But with *.js eol=lf, that would actually force the conversion.

See "Can git's .gitattributes treat all files as binary except a few exceptions?".

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Feb 14 '15 at 02:06

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Amongst other lines in my .gitattributes: `*.js text` – Steve Bennett Feb 14 '15 at 02:08
@SteveBennett `text` means `crlf diff`, like `binary` means `-crlf -diff` (http://stackoverflow.com/a/4264522/6309) matbe try `*.js text lf diff`? – VonC Feb 14 '15 at 02:10
@SteveBennett or `*.js eol=lf` – VonC Feb 14 '15 at 02:11
@SteveBennett great. I have included my comments in the answer for more visibility. – VonC Feb 14 '15 at 02:17

How to get Git to convert CRLF files to LF, on Linux?

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