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notepad is the default text editor in windows, it doesn't support Unix line endings until insider build whatever

• stinos 5y ago
  Sure, but is that really the reason why autocrlf is the default in git?
  • cerved 5y ago
    it's the default in git-for-windows I see no other reason that maximum platform compatibility
    • stinos 5y ago
      Would be weird if platfrom compatibility is measured by making sure once single program works, a program which most of the people using git probably don't even use
• zz865 5y ago
  Notepad changed 3 years ago so now this isn't a problem. Git should default everything to LF. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/extended-eol-in-notepad/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/extended-eol-in-n...
  • cerved 5y ago
    that's a Windows 10 insider build, git for windows presumably wants to be more backwards compatible just change it to input and be happy
    • Mogzol 5y ago
      The new notepad version was released to non-insiders in Windows 10 1809, so it's still been around for almost 3 years now. I do understand that git wants to maintain the best compatibility, but at this point I would argue that converting to CRLF on checkout is causing more issues than it solves.