Eclipse and Windows newlines

Question

I had to move my Eclipse workspace from Linux to Windows when my desktop crashed. A week later I copy it back to Linux, code happily, commit to CVS. And alas, windows newlines have polluted many files, so CVS diff dumps the entire file, even when I changed a line or two!

I could cook up a script, but I am wondering if it will mess up my Eclipse project files.

Answer 1

As mentioned here and here:

Set file encoding to UTF-8 and line-endings for new files to Unix, so that text files are saved in a format that is not specific to the Windows OS and most easily shared across heterogeneous developer desktops:

• Navigate to the Workspace preferences (General:Workspace)
• Change the Text File Encoding to UTF-8
• Change the New Text File Line Delimiter to Other and choose Unix from the pick-list

• Note: to convert the line endings of an existing file, open the file in Eclipse and choose File : Convert Line Delimiters to : Unix

Tip: You can easily convert existing file by selecting then in the Package Explorer, and then going to the menu entry File : Convert Line Delimiters to : Unix