Git with autocrlf = true checks files with mixed as-is line endings

So, I always thought that when core.autocrlf=true

Git replaces all endings LF

CRLF

when checking out a file in the working directory.

From the Git book :

If you are on a Windows machine, set it to true - this will convert LF endings to CRLF when checking the code

However, when checking out a file with mixed line endings and core.autocrlf

on true

my version, Git checks the file as is.

I found a very handy GitHub repository to test this behavior - https://github.com/YueLinHo/TestAutoCrlf

Test results:

• File with endings LF
  
  (LF.txt)
  • C autocrlf=false
    
    : outputted as-is (all line endings LF
    
    )
  • C autocrlf=true
    
    : All line endings are changed to CRLF
    
    at checkout

So far so good, everything as I expected. Now for a file with mixed line endings:

• Mixed line endings file (MIX-more_CRLF.txt, MIX-more_LF.txt)
  • C autocrlf=false
    
    : outputted as -is (combination of LF
    
    and CRLF
    
    )
  • C autocrlf=true
    
    : checked out as-is (combination of LF
    
    and CRLF
    
    )

Why is this happening? I have not seen anything about autocrlf=true

not dealing with files with mixed line endings.

Are my Git settings a problem? I verified the installation core.autocrlf

by running git config --get core.autocrlf

in the repository folder, after checking with autocrlf=true

in the global .gitconfig, and the command returned true. There is no .gitattributes file to overwrite settings.

All tests were run in the Git version 1.9.5.msysgit.0

.

EDIT: Same behavior in the latest version of msysgit 1.9.5.msysgit.1

.

My initial problem is that I somehow managed to commit the mixed line ending file with only ending LF

, while being core.autocrlf

set to true

, that is, the file was unloaded as is, but CRLF

changed from changed to LF

. I am currently working from a different computer and cannot reproduce this behavior in my version of msysgit.