Git diff showing Image file changed with Line CRLF with LF when its not a text file-CodePudding

When i do a git status i get below image file is changed. However its only image file and should not have any LF/CRLF in the file,

$ git status
# HEAD detached at origin/master
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#       modified:   public/css/chosen-sprite.png

When i type git diff to see the changes i got.

$ git diff public/css/chosen-sprite.png
warning: CRLF will be replaced by LF in public/css/chosen-sprite.png.
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.
diff --git a/public/css/chosen-sprite.png b/public/css/chosen-sprite.png
index c57da70..0476a8f 100644
Binary files a/public/css/chosen-sprite.png and b/public/css/chosen-sprite.png differ

So what i did was i tried to checkout the file to make sure its same as the remote origin file. So i did below

$git checkout public/css/chosen-sprite.png

But didn't make any changes above file or git status, still shows as it changed. Any idea on how to fix this issue?

CodePudding user response：

By default, git treats all files as text, and converts line endings when you are using it on a machine with non-LF line endings, such as windows. If you want it to treat a file as binary (and not convert the line endings) you must identify it as such in the .gitattributes file. Something like

*.png binary

should do the trick.