Cloning a git repo, and it already has a dirty working directory… Whaaaaa?

Question

So, I\'m confused as to what\'s going on. I\'ve never hacked on the linux kernel, so maybe this is commonplace. If that\'s the case, sorry for the newb question.

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Answer 1

The comments are most likely correct in their suspicion of line endings. Try setting this option:

git config --global core.autocrlf true

Then re-clone the repository.

Use a value of true on windows and input on OSX/Unix.

Take a look at this Github help page for more information.