You unhelpfully didn't mention what OS...

However, have a peek at this github guide
http://github.com/guides/dealing-with-newlines-in-git

Should apply to all operating systems.  For unix type users, eg Mac and 
Linux it's in ~/.gitconfig though

Note recent builds are *supposed* to set this by default on Windows (not 
sure what the default is for unix?).

Good luck

Ed W


Carl Anderson wrote:
> Where do we set this option?
>
> Carl
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Ed W <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi
>
>     Can everyone using git please enable (the default in recent git
>     builds)
>     the option "autocrlf=true"  (or =input if you prefer)
>
>     Unfortunately a bunch of recent commits have gone in with mixed line
>     endings and with the best will in the world git just works better
>     if you
>     commit everything with unix line endings and enable the auto
>     conversion
>     option on checkout.  In particular mixed line endings seem to stuff up
>     several diff tools and my editor (Netbeans) gets confused and starts
>     swapping the line endings on complete files, etc
>
>     Whilst it's just a nuisance for .rb files, it seems to break some
>     subtle
>     features if you have windows line endings in .erb files or mixed
>     endings
>     in javascript files
>
>     In case the purpose of this option isn't clear - "input" forces
>     files to
>     be converted to unix endings on checkin and does nothing on checkout.
>     "true" will force files to be converted on checkin, but then converts
>     back to your platform line endings on checkout.  In particular it
>     ensures that you don't have mixed line endings and it allows the diff
>     tools to work with a consistent line ending
>
>     To fixup a given repo, simply set your option (preferably globally),
>     then "git reset HEAD --hard" will reset the repo to the current
>     head and
>     git status will show a bunch of modified files with line endings that
>     differ from the repo
>
>     I have previously submitted patches to fixup line endings, but the
>     repo
>     is starting to migrate to mixed endings again (ie mixed endings in a
>     single file)
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Ed W
>
>
>
>
> >


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