On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:20:19 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > > Unfortunately that's the outlook all major VCSes (not just git) have started > > with and its wrong. > > Speaking somewhat simplistically: > > On windows one should see CRLF > > On *nix LF > > And this SHOULD NOT be a diff! > > [Assuming the VCS is serious about collaboration] > > > > If you want this, simply run this on your Windows computer: > > git config --global core.autocrlf true > > Job done. The repo will record LF, but you'll get CRLF on the Windows > box. Alternatively, if you're happy with LF on Windows, but want > protection against accidentally checking in a CRLF: > > git config --global core.autocrlf input > > Either way, this means that line endings get folded to LF for consistency. > > ChrisA
Just check stackoverflow for how often this FAILS to work -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list