How can I stop this error. LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it

[Blockheded]

The person I am working with does not have this issue when committing to main, but I do, and I have no clue how to fix it.

LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
error: open("Temp/FSTimeGet-7ef7d120c5d912643bdf9366b1285a3d"): Permission denied
fatal: Unable to process path Temp/FSTimeGet-7ef7d120c5d912643bdf9366b1285a3d

[seyLu]

Hi @Blockheded,

LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it

This is normal. This has something to do with line endings, which are different in Linux/Windows/Mac. Linux uses LF, Windows uses CRLF -- completely normal thing.

error: open("Temp/FSTimeGet-7ef7d120c5d912643bdf9366b1285a3d"): Permission denied
fatal: Unable to process path Temp/FSTimeGet-7ef7d120c5d912643bdf9366b1285a3d

The error message here is not related to the statement before it. Temp directories shouldn't be tracked by git, and the way to do it is to add [T]emp in .gitignore file.

Most prolly you are using Unity with Git, so you can use the .gitignore template in Unity instead.

Also make sure the project structure is:

Assets
Library
Temp
...
.gitignore

and not:

UnityProject
  |-- Assets
  |-- Library
  |-- Temp
  |-- ...
.gitignore 

or else the .gitignore will not work.

[faulknor82]

Thanks. You're a life saver. I've been unable to push anything to GitHub for months. My problem was your last suggestion. My .gitignore file was one folder up. I moved it into my project folder to be on the same level as my Assets folder and now everything works.

[andreslopezferro]

This error message is Git's way of warning you that it's going to automatically change line endings in your files to match the expected format for your operating system. It's important to have consistent line endings in a project to avoid conflicts and unexpected behavior.

Configure Git to handle line endings correctly for your operating system by setting the core.autocrlf configuration option.
For Windows:
git config --global core.autocrlf true
For macOS/Linux:
git config --global core.autocrlf input
The "true" setting instructs Git to convert line endings to CRLF when checking out files and to LF when committing files.
In contrast, the "input" setting directs Git to convert line endings to LF during commits while preserving them as is during checkouts.

Hope this can help you!

[dbc60]

I really disagree with allowing Git to change line endings automatically. If you must have a .gitattributes file, then please use * text=auto eol=lf so every text file defaults to LF. This way, only Windows-specific files (like *.bat, *.cmd, *.ps1, sln, and *.vcxproj and maybe a few others) need eol=crlf applied.

[isimmons]

Any other settings for this? I've been ignoring it for a while because it didn't work for me but it is irritating to see the warning.
git config --global core.autocrlf outputs true
And still the warning shows.

[isimmons]

A lot of settings affect this. I set autocrlf to false and used the .gitatttributes method dbc60 suggests. Then I started seeing the same warning message but in reverse 'CRLF will be converted to LF'. I have a .editorconfig with end_of_line for all files set to LF. Then I found that PHPStorm is ignoring this. So I had to set the eol in PHPStorm settings for LF. So I'll probably have to set CRLF per file for Windows specific files.

[Ange290]

This error message is Git's way of warning you that it's going to automatically change line endings in your files to match the expected format for your operating system. It's important to have consistent line endings in a project to avoid conflicts and unexpected behavior.

Configure Git to handle line endings correctly for your operating system by setting the core.autocrlf configuration option.
For Windows:
git config --global core.autocrlf true
For macOS/Linux:
git config --global core.autocrlf input
The "true" setting instructs Git to convert line endings to CRLF when checking out files and to LF when committing files.
In contrast, the "input" setting directs Git to convert line endings to LF during commits while preserving them as is during checkouts.

Hope this can help you!

that is true was help me

[sulth1]

Hi, total noob here. How do I do that? I've tried adding "git config --global core.autocrlf true" in the ".gitconfig" file, but it results in fatal: bad config line.

[speedy-sasquatch]

git config --global core.autocrlf true is not a config line, it’s the command you run to add the config line. Try running that command on your command line. When you do, it should add a line like autocrlf = true to the [core] section of your .gitconfig file.

Also, make sure you’re looking for the right config file because there are often at least three of them: a system-wide one, a user-wide (aka global) one, and a per-repository (aka local) one. Since you’re using the --global option in your command, the one you’re looking for should be located in your user home directory.