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Team uses Windows and Mac? Mixed line endings (CRLF/LF) cause constant unnecessary diffs. Fix with .gitattributes.

Create .gitattributes in repo root:

# Normalize all text files to LF in repo
* text=auto

# Force LF for these file types
*.js text eol=lf
*.ts text eol=lf
*.css text eol=lf
*.html text eol=lf
*.json text eol=lf

# Force CRLF for Windows-specific files
*.bat text eol=crlf
*.cmd text eol=crlf

# Binary files - never convert
*.png binary
*.jpg binary
*.gif binary
*.pdf binary
*.zip binary

Apply to Existing Files:

git add --renormalize .
git commit -m "Normalize line endings"

Result: No more “changed 500 files” commits that only changed line endings!