Diff view shows a lot of line ending changes
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 18, 2026 by sator-imaging
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.87.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
Which model were you using?
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What platform is your computer?
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What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
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What issue are you seeing?
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This makes it hard to use Codex in conjunction with existing tools.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Create a file with CRLF line endings
- Ask codex to modify it
What is the expected behavior?
Ignores line endings in diff view, or introduce a new option to ignore CRLF vs LF changes.
Additional information
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2 Comments
Which platform are you on? Are you using Windows? If so, are you running Codex in WSL or natively?
Are you using the Codex CLI or IDE Extension to view diffs? If it's the IDE extension, which version are you using?
Do you typically use CRLF or LF line endings when working with code files locally?
Using Codex on WSL in Windows Terminal by running
npm i -g ...; codexin WSL terminal (bash).The line endings may change by the tool. Some tool uses CRLF, and some tool uses LF (git is configured to force LF).