Re: Cannot checkout after setting the eol attribute

Torsten Bögershausen [off-list ref] writes:

The following would solve your problem:
   git init
   echo $'dos\r' > dos
   git add dos
   git commit -m "dos newlines"
   echo "dos -crlf" > .gitattributes
   git add .gitattributes
   git commit -m "add attributes"
   echo "dos eol=crlf" > .gitattributes

   git read-tree --empty   # Clean index, force re-scan of working directory
   git add dos

This is not advisable as a general suggestion, as in a real life (as
opposed to a toy example) there will be paths other than this 'dos'
thing in the working tree.  Perhaps replace "git read-tree --empty"
with "git rm -f --cached dos" or something like that that limits its
damage would prevent mistakes better.

   git add .gitattributes
   git commit -m "set eol attribute instead"
   git ls-files --eol