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Posted by JASON LEE
JASON LEE
17,352 Points

Warning message when I use the git add medals.html command

So I followed the video and typed in the command as follows (pasted content) and this warning message shows up -

$ git add medals.html warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in medals.html. The file will have its original line endings in your working directory

It still seems to be working, but i have no clue what this warning message means.

1 Answer

Jason Larson
Jason Larson
8,361 Points
Jason Larson
Jason Larson
8,361 Points

This message is referring to the invisible characters at the end of each line in the file. LF stands for Line Feed, and CRLF stands for Carriage Return Line Feed. Depending on your file system, the default line endings are either LF or CRLF. Usually, Linux and Mac default to LF and Windows defaults to CRLF. The line ending doesn't have much impact on most things, but if you are using certain scripts or other ways of programmatically reading a file, they can cause issues. If you want to see which line endings your files are using, you can open them in a text editor like Notepad++, then go to View --> Show Symbol --> Show End of Line. At the end of each line, you should see either a 'LF' or a 'CRLF'

I'm not sure if that answers your question, but I hope it helps.