title: Trying to fix line-endings with git filter-branch, but having no luck
body: <p>I have been bitten by the Windows/Linux line-ending issue with git.  It seems, via GitHub, MSysGit, and other sources, that the best solution is to have your local repos set to use linux-style line endings, but set <code>core.autocrlf</code> to <code>true</code>.  Unfortunately, I didn't do this early enough, so now every time I pull changes the line endings are borked.</p>
  
  <p>I thought I had found an answer <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1011985/line-endings-messed-up-in-git-how-to-track-changes-from-another-branch-after-a/1060828#1060828">here</a> but I can't get it to work for me.  My Linux command line knowledge is limited at best, so i am not even sure what the "xargs fromdos" line does in his script.  I keep getting messages about no such file or directory existing, and when I manage to point it to an existing directory, it tells me I don't have permissions. </p>
  
  <p>I've tried this with MSysGit on Windows and via the Mac OS X terminal.</p>