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		linux2647 on May 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Like the macOS Dock but for macOS System 7 MacOS traditionally used `\r` for line endings. Unix (and thus macOS 10+) uses `\n` and Windows `\r\n`. Github isn't properly recognizing the files have classic MacOS line endings

deaddodo on May 4, 2023 [–]

Yup, this is it. Newline and CR + NL are the only recognized line endings on Github. You see this often on old source dumps (the Prince of Persia source release stands out, IIRC) of Classic Mac software.

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