Configure Visual Studio to use UNIX line endings
So I found this problem and the answers very confusing, especially since I primarily develop in Linux and PhpStorm and simply never have these issues.
I found that for Visual Studio 2019, only Munther Jaber's solution worked when combined with @jcox's .editorconfig changes for new files.
However, being unfamiliar with Visual Studio itself, it took me a LONG TIME to find out where the line ending box is...
SO I made a video of how to configure this. https://youtu.be/YfN3igHXTPo
Update: I learned how to make animated GIFs via FFMPEG just so I could embed the video here!
Warning: This solution no longer works for Visual Studio 2017 and later. Instead, both of the answers by jcox and Munther Jaber are needed. I have combined them into one answer.
As OP states "File > Advanced Save Options", select Unix Line Endings.
This will only affect new files that are created. Fixing any that were previously created can be done file-by-file or you can search for tools that will fix on-bulk.
Here are some options available for Visual Studio Community 2017
- "File > Advanced Save Options" has been removed by microsoft due to "uncommon use". Whatever that means. https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/8290/file-advanced-save-options-option-is-missed.html You can add it back by going to "Tools>Customize", then "Commands" tab, select the drop down next to "Menu Bar" select "File" then "Add Command">File>Advanced Save Options..". You can then reorder it in the file menu by using "move down".
I don't know if you will have to then set the advanced save options for each and every file, but it might prevent the issue I was having where my Visual Studio kept adding CL RF line endings into my files that were uniformly LF.
But I took it one step further and I added an extension called "Line Endings Unifier" by going to "Tools>Extensions and Updates>Online" and then searching for "line endings" in the search bar to the right. I will use this to automatically force all of my scripts to save with uniform line endings of my choice, but you can do more with it. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JakubBielawa.LineEndingsUnifier
strip'em is another solution that does something similar to Line Endings Unifier. http://www.grebulon.com/software/stripem.php
I am not sure how they differ or the advantages/disadvantages of either. I'm mainly using Line Endings Unifier just because it was in the Visual Studio Marketplace. I think I've used all of these methods in the past, but my memory is fuzzy.
VS2017 supports .editorconfig files, which can be checked in along with your project. This is the relevant command for setting Unix line endings:
end_of_line = lf