On 2016-06-05 08:34, Rustom Mody wrote:
Just came across this new data (for me) to this old question:

On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 8:05:33 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote:
Rustom Mody writes:

> On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:33:18 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > Never has for any of my projects. Examples please? Actual real
> > problems? I've been using git for years, on mixed platforms for a lot
> > of that, and not had a single problem.
>
> Pragmatically: As I said just search stackoverflow for git:crlf

Don't ask Chris to *guess* which search results are representative of
what you're asserting. Please provide concrete examples that demonstrate
specifically what you're describing.

A graphic description of the problem:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/YoureJustAnotherCarriageReturnLineFeedInTheWall.aspx

Along with a solution that is not universally working
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=342372

Years ago, I was making PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files for Mac and PC. The spec. stated that the line endings could be CR, LF or CR+LF.

All went well until one day someone reported that they wouldn't install on a Mac, which they had done previously.

It turned out that the Mac had a newer version of MacOS, which now insisted that the line endings be CR only...
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