# How Git core.autocrlf Works
## Metadata
**Status**:: #x
**Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting
**Created**:: [[2025-04-25]]
**Source**:: #from/clipper
**URL**:: [stackoverflow.com](https://stackoverflow.com/a/20653073/667158)
## Synopsis
```
core.autocrlf=true:      core.autocrlf=input:     core.autocrlf=false:
     repository               repository               repository
      ^      V                 ^      V                 ^      V
     /        \               /        \               /        \
crlf->lf    lf->crlf     crlf->lf       \             /          \
   /            \           /            \           /            \
```