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+1  Q: 

Why Git adds - and + to all of my code?

Sometimes for example I change a word in line 100 and delete last 4 lines. When I run "git diff" It shows a log which has a -(minus) and +(plus) before all lines whereas I changed only mentioned lines.
I thought it may be due to changing number of all lines but when I saw the changes again I didn't see any change to line numbers.

so what cause this?

+3  A: 

Which text editor are you using? Perhaps it changed line endings between Unix/DOS. (i.e. LF to CR+LF)

Donald  2010-10-01 18:05:38
I'm using Netbeans in windows.if it's the problem how do I solve it?
Hamid.P  2010-10-01 18:12:06
I'm not familiar with NetBeans, but I found this link: http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqEditorEOLs
Donald  2010-10-01 18:17:40
A: 

That's just formatting to show what lines have been changed (added/removed/etc). Those +s and -s are not actually in your files.

Frank Schwieterman  2010-10-01 18:07:57
Yes.I know this!I want the reason git adds shows them!
Hamid.P  2010-10-01 18:11:14
Ahh ok. Yeah its probably a CRLF mismatch. Check your autocrlf settings.
Frank Schwieterman  2010-10-01 18:40:36
Thanks.but do you know how do I change autocrlf settings?
Hamid.P  2010-10-01 18:59:55
I'm afraid I haven't wrapped my head around the best thing to do with the AutoCRLF setting. Here's some background reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2016673/definitive-recommendation-for-git-autocrlf-settings
Frank Schwieterman  2010-10-01 20:19:07
My understanding is that you're better off getting your editor to do the right thing and not having to mess with autocrlf.
bstpierre  2010-10-02 00:57:16

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