Why is .cpp classed as binary file?

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2017 and I'm trying to get my project to work with GitHub. No matter what I do, .cpp file-changes wont show as diff because "Binary files are not shown".

I've tried editing .gitattributes file with *.cpp text without luck. I've checked and the .vcxproj is set to save in UTF-8. I've also tried specifying eol=lf but it seems like nothing works. Please help!

Does it help if you add `*.cpp text diff` to `.gitattributes`? — orhtej2, Jan 27 '18 at 00:13
@JGroven I think so, I thought maybe changing it to something it wasn't would fix it. — user1768788, Jan 27 '18 at 00:15
Possible duplicate of [Why does Git treat this text file as a binary file?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6855712/why-does-git-treat-this-text-file-as-a-binary-file) — orhtej2, Jan 27 '18 at 00:18
Have you tried using VS to create a trivial file with very little content and see what GitHub thinks about that? — John Zwinck, Jan 27 '18 at 01:43
@user1768788 Have exactly the same issue, and still couldn't resolve it (after reading all the links on SO). Any change you got it fixed? — vsoftco, Feb 15 '19 at 22:40

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There might be .gitignore file and there may be *.cpp which ignore for change on .cpp file.

answered Jan 27 '18 at 06:56

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No, git shows there is a difference, it just doesn't show diff because it treats the files as binary. – phd Jan 27 '18 at 12:59

Why is .cpp classed as binary file?

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