Stop git from changing line endings on Windows and add support for editorconfig in vim

.editorconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent
+# coding styles # between different editors and IDEs
+# editorconfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.bat]
+end_of_line = crlf
+
+[*.tsv]
+indent_style = tab
+

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# All text files will have LF line endings, except batch files.
+* text=auto
+
+# Preserve crlf in batch files when checking in.
+*.bat text eol=crlf

linux/gitconfig.platform

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 [code]
     editor = vim
 [core]
-  # Don't change LF line endings and if a CRLF is found then change it to LF on a commit.
-  autocrlf = input
+    # Don't change any line endings. That means if a file has CRLF line endings
+    # the carriage return will stay. I'm only worknig with LF line endings on
+    # Windows now except for .bat files which are forced to have CRLF via
+    # per-project editorconfig and gitattribute files. I want those files to
+    # still have CRLFs when modified on Linux.
+    #
+    # I used these posts for reference:
+    #   https://markentier.tech/posts/2021/10/autocrlf-true-considered-harmful/
+    #   https://troyready.com/blog/git-windows-dont-convert-line-endings.html
+    #
+    autocrlf = false

vimrc

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ Plug 'vim-scripts/AnsiEsc.vim'        " Ansi escape sequences concealed, but hig
 Plug 'sir-pinecone/errormarker.vim'   " Build error highlighting (requires skywind3000/asyncrun.vim).
 Plug 'skywind3000/asyncrun.vim'       " Async commands.
 Plug 'nelstrom/vim-qargs'             " For the GlobalReplaceIt function (i.e. search and replace).
+Plug 'editorconfig/editorconfig-vim'  " Adds support for .editorconfig files.
 
 if IsWindows()
     Plug 'suxpert/vimcaps'            " Disable capslock (useful if the OS isn't configured to do so).
@@ -722,6 +723,11 @@ inoremap <s-tab> <c-n>
 let g:localvimrc_sandbox = 0
 let g:localvimrc_ask = 0
 
+"##################################################################################
+" EDITOR CONFIG
+"##################################################################################
+let g:EditorConfig_exclude_patterns = ['fugitive://.*']
+
 "##################################################################################
 " LION (TEXT ALIGNMENT)
 "##################################################################################

windows/gitconfig.platform

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 [code]
     editor = /usr/bin/vim
 [core]
-  # Convert unix LF to Windows CRLF when checking out and vice-versa when adding files to the index.
-  autocrlf = true
+    # I used to have this set to true, which would result in checked out files
+    # being converted to CRLF line endings and commits converting to LF. I'm
+    # tired of this conversion shit though so I'm turning it off and will be
+    # enforcing LF line endings via a combination of editorconfig and
+    # gitattribute files on a per-project basis. This should make sure that
+    # anyone contributing to my projects will be committing LF line endings.
+    # The only exception is that the gitattributes files will commit batch
+    # files with CRLF to avoid Windows glitches.
+    #
+    # I used these posts for reference:
+    #   https://markentier.tech/posts/2021/10/autocrlf-true-considered-harmful/
+    #   https://troyready.com/blog/git-windows-dont-convert-line-endings.html
+    #
+    autocrlf = false