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Normalize text file line endings to LF on Windows after agent writes. Use when creating or editing tracked text files on Windows, when CRLF/LF endings are mentioned, or after Write/StrReplace on paths covered by .editorconfig or .gitattributes eol=lf rules.

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Normalize Line Endings to LF

On Windows, agent Write and StrReplace tools often persist \r\n even when content uses \n. This repo requires LF via .editorconfig (end_of_line = lf) and .gitattributes (*.md, *.mdc, *.txt, etc. eol=lf).

When to run

After creating or editing any text file that must use LF created via Write or StrReplace, run normalization before finishing the task. Do this even when only one file changed.

Command

Run from the repo root. Paths below are relative to it.

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".cursor\skills\normalize-line-endings\scripts\normalize-lf.ps1" ".cursor\rules\core.mdc" "lib\js\title.js"

If cwd may not be the repo root, resolve it first:

Set-Location (git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".cursor\skills\normalize-line-endings\scripts\normalize-lf.ps1" ".cursor\rules\core.mdc"

To normalize every matching file under a directory:

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".cursor\skills\normalize-line-endings\scripts\normalize-lf.ps1" -Recurse ".cursor"

Verify (optional)

python -c "from pathlib import Path; p=Path(r'PATH'); b=p.read_bytes(); print(p.name, 'CRLF' if b'\r\n' in b else 'LF')"

Rules

  • Do not "fix" encoding issues beyond CRLF→LF and ensuring a final newline.
  • Preserve UTF-8 without BOM unless the file already used BOM.
  • Do not normalize binary files.