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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> writes:

>> There are certain file formats, such as a Visual Studio .sln file, that 
>> MUST be CRLF.  When a .sln file is not CRLF, Visual Studio refuses to 
>> read it.  I want to be able to set into the committed .gitattributes 
>> file the list of files that must be translated to the proper format 
>> regardless of the autocrlf setting.  An example is below:
>> 
>> *.bat crlf
>...
>> *.vcw crlf
>
> Wouldn't  "*bat -crlf " etc be good for these, and thus store CRLF in the repo.

I'd agree.  And I do not think we would want to introduce "crlf=force"
that converts working tree files that could be LF terminated to CRLF upon
checking in.  That is as bad as some helpful editors that adds CR at the
end of line without being asked.