Git mark file as binary to avoid line separator conversion

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I have a text file with sample data which I want to put under Git control (on Windows). How can I tell Git to treat this file as binary, so it does not convert line separators (like for the other/text files in the repository).

Josh Lee · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-30 20:00:54Z

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Write this in .gitattributes (in the file’s directory or higher up):

myfile.bin -text

See the manual for more explanation.

edited May 30, 2013 at 20:00

answered Nov 3, 2011 at 12:39

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Daniel Böhmer Over a year ago

Please clarify that you do not mean the shell variable $PATH. Could be mistaken.

Cwt · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-30 18:44:38Z

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While -text in .gitattributes did not worked,

myfile.bin binary

did.

answered May 30, 2013 at 18:44

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dtech Over a year ago

Binary is a shorthand for -crlf -diff

Flimm Over a year ago

What's the difference between this and -text?

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