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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Set up Git and Add Gems

Posted by David Ho
David Ho
1,482 Points

Error when I hit ( git add . )

Hi, it returned an errrors when I ..

C:\Treehouse\Project\odot
Ī» git add .
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in .gitignore.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Gemfile.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Gemfile.lock.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in README.rdoc.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in Rakefile.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in app/assets/javascripts/application.js.

....... What this error means and what to do to solve this. Thanks.

2 Answers

John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

This is an error some people find when using Git on a Windows machine.

Try writing this into your console (or command prompt):

git config --local core.autocrlf false

Then try your git add again. Let me know if this helps at all

David Ho
David Ho
1,482 Points
David Ho
David Ho
1,482 Points

Hi John, I got it. you solved my issue.
Thank you for your help.