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git - force lf line endings does not catch binaries

according to Force LF line endings using .gitattributes without losing automatic text/binary inference? when I set my .gitattributes to contain only

* text=auto
* text eol=lf

then all textfiles should be converted to LF line endings and binaries should be untouched - that's what I want. But somehow, binary files are not being detected properly here. See this output of git bash console under Windows:

$ git add .
warning: CRLF will be replaced by LF in clip2txt.exe.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
warning: CRLF will be replaced by LF in raw.png.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory
warning: CRLF will be replaced by LF in test.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory

I would have expected, that raw.png and clip2txt.exe are being ignored as they are binaries. The file test will be proper converted, that is fine.

Have I missed something here?` thank you, br Alex

Solution

  • If anyone is looking into this, I mark it as answered:

    Solution was to set .gitattributes to

    * text=auto eol=lf

    Thanks to @phd