Git · Junior · Question 60 of 75

Why do Windows and macOS users sometimes see every line of a file as changed?

1File permissions are compared as part of the content
✓Correct answer: Different line endings (CRLF vs LF) were committed
3Git stores files in a different encoding per OS

Explanation

Configure core.autocrlf or, better, a .gitattributes rule like * text=auto eol=lf, so the repository stores LF and each OS gets what it needs.

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