Visible “extra blank lines” or whole-file diffs can come from line-ending conversion rather than content changes.
| Name | Escape | Hex | Typical context |
|---|---|---|---|
| LF | \n | 0A | Unix / Linux / modern macOS / many web tools |
| CRLF | \r\n | 0D 0A | Windows text convention |
| CR | \r | 0D | Classic Mac OS; legacy data |
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