Trying to fix line-endings with git filter-branch, but having no luck

Question

I have been bitten by the Windows/Linux line-ending issue with git. It seems, via GitHub, MSysGit, and other sources, that the best solution is to have your local repos set

Answer 1

git status --short|grep "^ *M"|awk '{print $2}'|xargs fromdos

Explanation:

• git status --short

  This displays each line that git is and is not aware of. Files that are not under git control are marked at the beginning of the line with a '?'. Files that are modified are marked with an M.

• grep "^ *M"

  This filters out only those files that have been modified.

• awk '{print $2}'

  This shows only the filename without any markers.

• xargs fromdos

  This takes the filenames from the previous command and runs them through the utility 'fromdos' to convert the line-endings.