Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Cursor agent on Windows creates new files with CRLF line endings no matter what, even though LF line ending was specified in all settings (i.e., files.eol, .editorconfig, and .gitattributes), git config --global core.autocrlf …

Hey, thanks for the detailed report and for gathering all the duplicates in one place. This is a known bug. When creating new files on Windows, Cursor doesn’t respect files.eol, .editorconfig, or .gitattributes. Instead, it uses a heuristic based on existing files in the workspace or the OS default…

New files created with CRLF on Windows, ignoring all settings (LF)

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New files created with CRLF on Windows, ignoring all settings (LF)

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