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> I've mostly avoided CRLF by configuring text editors and git to use LF,

That has been my experience as well. I can't remember the last time I had an issue related to CRLF.

The only times I can remember having line-ending issues is using GNU's tools on Linux. Every Windows tool I can remember using accepts both CRLF and LF.

Yesterday for me was the last time. Visual studio 2026 default to crlf I think maybe and I have autoctlf in git turned off. I should probably turn that back on.

I think you want a .gitattributes file where you set the EOL of the file types you care about. And you might want to try autocrlf=input.

Thanks for this :)

does visual studio support editorconfig.org? I use end_of_line = lf for all my projects

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