I'll sometimes edit a line using my IDE (NuSphere's PhpED), and then return it to what I think is the original. git diff, however, shows it as being changed with the only difference being a ^M at the end. What does ^M signify? Anything I could do to edit the code so it doesn't show up as a change?
- <td></td>
- <td><img […]></td>
+ <td></td>^M
+ <td><img […]></td> ^M
Something changed your line endings from Unix style to Windows. The ^M is a carriage return character. Check all your tools settings carefully!
^M is one of the multiple representations of the carriage return character.
It is a white space character, it does not usually affect the code and the HTML.
It presence in your file is a sign that the file was edited/saved on a Windows system.
