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From: "Quim K. Holland" <qkholland@gmail.com>
Subject: git cat-file blob does not convert crlf
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:34:56 +0600
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I think git is buggy.
I wanted to discard the changes I made to my file by checking out a copy from the last commit, so I said
% git cat-file blob HEAD:my-file >my-file
But this does not respect core.autocrlf and the file becomes one long line.
Also it feels stupid that I have to say my-file twice at the command prompt.