git status shows modifications even with autocrlf=false

core.autocrlf, git, git-status, revert

Solution

This seems like a bug in msysgit indeed. As a workaround, try creating a .gitattributes file containing

* -text

This will tell git not to perform EOL conversions on any files.

Problem

I'm experiencing the same issues as in this question: git status shows modifications, git checkout -- <file> doesn't remove them Git continues to show working directory modifications, even with `git config --global core.autocrlf false`: ``` E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git config --get-all core.autocrlf false false ``` (Note that I've even set the `--system` setting to be `false`) Why does it appear that Git is still modifying my end of lines? Attempts to get rid of modifications Baseline ``` E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git status # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: tools/StatLight/StatLight.EULA.txt ... more changes ... no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") ``` git checkout -- . ``` E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git checkout -- . E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git status # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: tools/StatLight/StatLight.EULA.txt ... more changes ... no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") ``` Occasionally this will have an effect in an odd way: ``` E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~628 -0]> git checkout -- . E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~361 -0]> git checkout -- . E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git checkout -- . E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git checkout -- . E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git checkout -- . ``` git reset --hard ``` E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git reset --hard HEAD is now at 11a7f9a Merge pull request #8 from RemiBou/master E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> ``` git add .; git stash; git stash drop ``` E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git add . ... warnings .... warning: CRLF will be replaced by LF in tools/StatLight/StatLight.EULA.txt. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory. E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git stash Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 11a7f9a Merge pull request #8 from RemiBou/master HEAD is now at 11a7f9a Merge pull request #8 from RemiBou/master E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git stash drop Dropped refs/stash@{0} (de4c3c863dbad789aeaf563b4826b3aa41bf11b7) E:\_dev\github\Core [master +0 ~93 -0]> git status .\tools\StatLight\StatLight.EULA.txt # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: tools/StatLight/StatLight.EULA.txt # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") ```

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