Could you test with an editorconfig file?

[pmilbank]

http://editorconfig.org/

Supported by a lot of IDEs out of the box and even more with plugins.
Might allow you to synchronize the git and editor settings.

[DefSol]

Hey @pmilbank, primarily i just wanted to use the gitattributes file to ensure when a check in occurs, that the line endings are normalised. This link looks great for managing line endings in the working directory, which is still and unsolved problem for me. Thanks for the tip!