Disable CRLF conversion for bash scripts on repo level, removing

requirement for global config on user machines.

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# If users want to have files converted to CRLF, we can tolerate that
+* text=auto
+
+# except for .sh and .conf files, since bash will error out when encountering CR characters
+*.conf eol=lf
+*.sh eol=lf

README.md

@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ The easiest setup using [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com) is shown here.
 
 1. Fork the EvaP repository (using the Fork-button in the upper right corner on GitHub).
 
-2. Windows users only (might not apply for the Linux subsystem):
-   * Line endings: git's [`core.autocrlf` setting](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Configuration#_core_autocrlf) has to be `false` or `input` so git does not convert line endings on checkout, because the code will be used in a Linux VM:
-
-     ```bash
-     git config --global core.autocrlf input
-     ```
-   * We have observed [weird](https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/9143#issuecomment-401088752) [behavior](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/3657) with ssh in Git Bash on Windows and thus recommend using PowerShell instead. In theory, you should be able to use any command line tool.
-
-3. Run the following commands on the command line to clone the repository, create the Vagrant VM and run the Django development server.
-   To use Docker, replace `vagrant up` with `vagrant up --provider docker && vagrant provision`.
+2. Run the following commands on the command line to clone the repository, create the Vagrant VM and run the Django development server.
+   * Windows users: We have observed [weird](https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/9143#issuecomment-401088752) [behavior](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/3657) with ssh in Git Bash on Windows and thus recommend using PowerShell instead. In theory, you should be able to use any command line tool.
+   * To use Docker, replace `vagrant up` with `vagrant up --provider docker && vagrant provision`.
    ```bash
    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/<your_github_username>/EvaP.git
    cd EvaP
@@ -38,7 +31,7 @@ The easiest setup using [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com) is shown here.
    ./manage.py run
    ```
 
-4. Open your browser at http://localhost:8000/ and login with email `[email protected]` and password `evap`.
+3. Open your browser at http://localhost:8000/ and login with email `[email protected]` and password `evap`.
 
 
 That's it!
@@ -63,4 +56,4 @@ MIT, see [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md).
 
 ## Supported Browsers
 
-The platform is only tested in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Other browsers might not render all pages correctly.
+The platform is only tested in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Other browsers might not render all pages correctly.