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		grodriguez100 42 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RC... Old Macs (pre-OS X I think) used CR only as line terminators.

hnlmorg 42 days ago [–]

Yes, you’re right. I completely forgot about them.

I can’t imagine anyone targeting macOS 9 (or earlier) systems these days but you’re right that it’s an edge case people should be aware of.

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