Git global Config
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The Git Config is important in particular when you enter into strange and incomprehensible problems/issues.
Line Endings
A very common cause for trouble are line endings.
What are line endings
Operation systems using different definitions for ending a line in a plain-text-file.
When users are using different Operating Systems they are also using different Line Endings.
| OS | Encoding | Abbreviation | Hex | Escape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple OS-X / Unix | ASCII | LF | 0A | \n |
| IBM z/OS | EBCDIC | NL | 15 | \025 |
| Windows | ASCII | CR + LF | 0D 0A | \r \n |
VCS Line Endings
Version Control Systems may try to handle the line endings difference for Operation Systems. Git does! And it also have a settings in the Global Config [1][2]
# Shows all git global config settings and the storage place. $ git config --list --show-origin # Sets the global config settings for the line endings on mac OS-X $ git config core.autocrlf input