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On Windows, Git's default autocrlf behavior converts LF to CRLF on checkout, causing .editorconfig files with end_of_line = lf to have inconsistent line endings. This breaks the EditorConfig parser, which fails silently when the file's actual line endings contradict its declared end_of_line setting.

Changes

• Added .gitattributes with text eol=lf directive for .editorconfig to prevent Git from performing line ending conversion on any platform

This ensures the parser receives files with consistent line endings matching the repository's EditorConfig specification.

Original prompt

Problem

The Windows CI is failing because Git automatically converts LF line endings to CRLF when checking out files on Windows. This causes the .editorconfig file to contain \r\n line endings, which breaks the EditorConfig parser when the file specifies end_of_line = lf.

This is related to issue #380 where end_of_line = lf prevents the entire .editorconfig from loading on Windows.

Solution

Add a .gitattributes file to the repository that ensures the .editorconfig file always uses LF line endings, regardless of the platform.

Implementation

Create a new .gitattributes file in the repository root with the following content:

# Ensure .editorconfig always uses LF line endings
.editorconfig text eol=lf

This will prevent Git from converting line endings in the .editorconfig file on Windows, fixing the CI failures.

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