Claude Code First, specification version 0.1.0. The plain-language guide
Version 0.1.0. Level 2. Best evidence grade R4/S3.
EP-2 Line terminators are declared and held
A repository's line terminators MUST be declared in a committed .gitattributes file and held by a gate that fails on a file that departs from them.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Keyword | MUST |
| Level | 2 |
| Checked | by judgement |
| Findings | F404 |
| Harness facts | none |
| Threat | external: one platform, Windows |
| Status | active |
Rationale: roadkeep counted 45 modules ending CRLF and 11 ending LF, so that an edit anchored on one terminator matched nothing, and answered with a committed .gitattributes and a test that holds one terminator against a mixed file; Shio's line-ending task with a test reduced the files with incorrect endings from 308 to 11, after a CRLF file had hidden seven pages from an extractor; winwright normalised endings so real warnings were not buried (F404, R4/S3). The declaration without a test is what the earlier states lacked: Shio's scripted edit flipped a file to CRLF with nothing to catch it. This is a Windows finding, where CRLF is the platform's default and tools disagree about it; on another platform the risk may be smaller, and the corpus cannot say.