Add .gitattributes for consistent line-ending handling#8394
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Without .gitattributes, line endings depend on each contributor's local core.autocrlf setting (defaults to true on Windows, false on Linux). On cross-platform checkouts — e.g. a Windows enlistment mounted into a Linux container or WSL — every text file appears modified because the working tree has CRLF while blobs are LF. Add a minimal .gitattributes at the repo root with `* text=auto` to normalize text files consistently across platforms, plus binary markers so common binary file types are not normalized. The parent NAV repo uses a similar approach and does not exhibit this issue.
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Without .gitattributes, line endings depend on each contributors local
core.autocrlfsetting (defaults totrueon Windows,falseon Linux). On cross-platform checkouts — e.g. a Windows enlistment mounted into a Linux container or WSL — every text file appears modified because the working tree has CRLF while blobs are LF.Adds a minimal
.gitattributesat the repo root with* text=autoto normalize text files consistently across platforms, plus binary markers so common binary file types are not normalized.The parent NAV repo uses a similar approach and does not exhibit this issue.
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core.autocrlf=trueglobally), clone BCApps. Git writes CRLF to the working tree; blobs in.git/are LF.git status --porcelaininside WSL/container lists hundreds of tracked files as modified.git diff <any-file>shows only CRLF/LF differences;git diff --ignore-cr-at-eolis empty.AB#631442