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+Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators.
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# This script checks that line terminators in all repository files (excluding
+# those in the .git directory) feature unix line terminators.
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+# ./check_line_terminators.sh
+#
+# The script will emit exit code 1 if any files that do not use unix line
+# terminators are found, 0 otherwise.
+
+# cd to the root of the repository
+cd `dirname $0`/..
+
+# Find and print files with non-unix line terminators
+find . -path './.git/*' -prune -o -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -I -l $'\r$' && ( echo 'found files with CRLF line endings'; exit 1 )