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core.txt: add default value to core.autocrlf document #588

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Expand Up @@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ core.autocrlf::
working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
This variable can be set to 'input',
in which case no output conversion is performed.
The default value is false.
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That is not correct, in general. On Windows, it is true.

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That is not correct, in general. On Windows, it is true.

I tried on windows, without autocrlf.
default looks like false:
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(test repo: https://github.com/hikaen2/crlf)

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When you install Git for Windows and leave all the default values, core.autocrlf is true. Most users will keep the defaults.

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I understood.
Installer sets autocrlf=true.
So if I remove the autocrlf settings, what is the value of autocrlf?
I want to know the default value.


core.checkRoundtripEncoding::
A comma and/or whitespace separated list of encodings that Git
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