diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index e26f01fb1..0e08f567a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v]
 		(--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])*
 		(-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])*
+		[--eol]
 		[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
 		[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
 		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
@@ -147,6 +148,24 @@ a space) at the start of each line:
 	possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
 	any time.
 
+--eol::
+	Show <eolinfo> and <eolattr> of files.
+	<eolinfo> is the file content identification used by Git when
+	the "text" attribute is "auto" (or not set and core.autocrlf is not false).
+	<eolinfo> is either "-text", "none", "lf", "crlf", "mixed" or "".
++
+"" means the file is not a regular file, it is not in the index or
+not accessable in the working tree.
++
+<eolattr> is the attribute that is used when checking out or committing,
+it is either "", "-text", "text", "text=auto", "text eol=lf", "text eol=crlf".
+Note: Currently Git does not support "text=auto eol=lf" or "text=auto eol=crlf",
+that may change in the future.
++
+Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
+and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
+followed by the  ("attr/<eolattr>").
+
 \--::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
 
@@ -161,6 +180,9 @@ which case it outputs:
 
         [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
 
+'git ls-files --eol' will show
+	i/<eolinfo><SPACES>w/<eolinfo><SPACES>attr/<eolattr><SPACE*><TAB><file>
+
 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
 detailed information on unmerged paths.
 
diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index b6a7cb0c7..dedf02dc7 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static int show_killed;
 static int show_valid_bit;
 static int line_terminator = '\n';
 static int debug_mode;
+static int show_eol;
 
 static const char *prefix;
 static int max_prefix_len;
@@ -47,6 +48,23 @@ static const char *tag_modified = "";
 static const char *tag_skip_worktree = "";
 static const char *tag_resolve_undo = "";
 
+static void write_eolinfo(const struct cache_entry *ce, const char *path)
+{
+	if (!show_eol)
+		return;
+	else {
+		struct stat st;
+		const char *i_txt = "";
+		const char *w_txt = "";
+		const char *a_txt = get_convert_attr_ascii(path);
+		if (ce && S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode))
+			i_txt = get_cached_convert_stats_ascii(ce->name);
+		if (!lstat(path, &st) && S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+			w_txt = get_wt_convert_stats_ascii(path);
+		printf("i/%-5s w/%-5s attr/%-17s\t", i_txt, w_txt, a_txt);
+	}
+}
+
 static void write_name(const char *name)
 {
 	/*
@@ -68,6 +86,7 @@ static void show_dir_entry(const char *tag, struct dir_entry *ent)
 		return;
 
 	fputs(tag, stdout);
+	write_eolinfo(NULL, ent->name);
 	write_name(ent->name);
 }
 
@@ -170,6 +189,7 @@ static void show_ce_entry(const char *tag, const struct cache_entry *ce)
 		       find_unique_abbrev(ce->sha1,abbrev),
 		       ce_stage(ce));
 	}
+	write_eolinfo(ce, ce->name);
 	write_name(ce->name);
 	if (debug_mode) {
 		const struct stat_data *sd = &ce->ce_stat_data;
@@ -433,6 +453,7 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *cmd_prefix)
 		OPT_BIT(0, "directory", &dir.flags,
 			N_("show 'other' directories' names only"),
 			DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "eol", &show_eol, N_("show line endings of files")),
 		OPT_NEGBIT(0, "empty-directory", &dir.flags,
 			N_("don't show empty directories"),
 			DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES),
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 814e81443..4bb4ec1d8 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
  * translation when the "text" attribute or "auto_crlf" option is set.
  */
 
+/* Stat bits: When BIN is set, the txt bits are unset */
+#define CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_LF    0x1
+#define CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_CRLF  0x2
+#define CONVERT_STAT_BITS_BIN       0x4
+
 enum crlf_action {
 	CRLF_GUESS = -1,
 	CRLF_BINARY = 0,
@@ -75,26 +80,75 @@ static void gather_stats(const char *buf, unsigned long size, struct text_stat *
 
 /*
  * The same heuristics as diff.c::mmfile_is_binary()
+ * We treat files with bare CR as binary
  */
-static int is_binary(unsigned long size, struct text_stat *stats)
+static int convert_is_binary(unsigned long size, const struct text_stat *stats)
 {
-
+	if (stats->cr != stats->crlf)
+		return 1;
 	if (stats->nul)
 		return 1;
 	if ((stats->printable >> 7) < stats->nonprintable)
 		return 1;
-	/*
-	 * Other heuristics? Average line length might be relevant,
-	 * as might LF vs CR vs CRLF counts..
-	 *
-	 * NOTE! It might be normal to have a low ratio of CRLF to LF
-	 * (somebody starts with a LF-only file and edits it with an editor
-	 * that adds CRLF only to lines that are added..). But do  we
-	 * want to support CR-only? Probably not.
-	 */
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned int gather_convert_stats(const char *data, unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct text_stat stats;
+	if (!data || !size)
+		return 0;
+	gather_stats(data, size, &stats);
+	if (convert_is_binary(size, &stats))
+		return CONVERT_STAT_BITS_BIN;
+	else if (stats.crlf && stats.crlf == stats.lf)
+		return CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_CRLF;
+	else if (stats.crlf && stats.lf)
+		return CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_CRLF | CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_LF;
+	else if (stats.lf)
+		return CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_LF;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *gather_convert_stats_ascii(const char *data, unsigned long size)
+{
+	unsigned int convert_stats = gather_convert_stats(data, size);
+
+	if (convert_stats & CONVERT_STAT_BITS_BIN)
+		return "-text";
+	switch (convert_stats) {
+	case CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_LF:
+		return "lf";
+	case CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_CRLF:
+		return "crlf";
+	case CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_LF | CONVERT_STAT_BITS_TXT_CRLF:
+		return "mixed";
+	default:
+		return "none";
+	}
+}
+
+const char *get_cached_convert_stats_ascii(const char *path)
+{
+	const char *ret;
+	unsigned long sz;
+	void *data = read_blob_data_from_cache(path, &sz);
+	ret = gather_convert_stats_ascii(data, sz);
+	free(data);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+const char *get_wt_convert_stats_ascii(const char *path)
+{
+	const char *ret = "";
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, path, 0) >= 0)
+		ret = gather_convert_stats_ascii(sb.buf, sb.len);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static enum eol output_eol(enum crlf_action crlf_action)
 {
 	switch (crlf_action) {
@@ -187,18 +241,7 @@ static int crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 	gather_stats(src, len, &stats);
 
 	if (crlf_action == CRLF_AUTO || crlf_action == CRLF_GUESS) {
-		/*
-		 * We're currently not going to even try to convert stuff
-		 * that has bare CR characters. Does anybody do that crazy
-		 * stuff?
-		 */
-		if (stats.cr != stats.crlf)
-			return 0;
-
-		/*
-		 * And add some heuristics for binary vs text, of course...
-		 */
-		if (is_binary(len, &stats))
+		if (convert_is_binary(len, &stats))
 			return 0;
 
 		if (crlf_action == CRLF_GUESS) {
@@ -277,11 +320,7 @@ static int crlf_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 				return 0;
 		}
 
-		/* If we have any bare CR characters, we're not going to touch it */
-		if (stats.cr != stats.crlf)
-			return 0;
-
-		if (is_binary(len, &stats))
+		if (convert_is_binary(len, &stats))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -777,6 +816,30 @@ int would_convert_to_git_filter_fd(const char *path)
 	return apply_filter(path, NULL, 0, -1, NULL, ca.drv->clean);
 }
 
+const char *get_convert_attr_ascii(const char *path)
+{
+	struct conv_attrs ca;
+	enum crlf_action crlf_action;
+
+	convert_attrs(&ca, path);
+	crlf_action = input_crlf_action(ca.crlf_action, ca.eol_attr);
+	switch (crlf_action) {
+	case CRLF_GUESS:
+		return "";
+	case CRLF_BINARY:
+		return "-text";
+	case CRLF_TEXT:
+		return "text";
+	case CRLF_INPUT:
+		return "text eol=lf";
+	case CRLF_CRLF:
+		return "text=auto eol=crlf";
+	case CRLF_AUTO:
+		return "text=auto";
+	}
+	return "";
+}
+
 int convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
                    struct strbuf *dst, enum safe_crlf checksafe)
 {
diff --git a/convert.h b/convert.h
index d9d853cd3..ccf436bfb 100644
--- a/convert.h
+++ b/convert.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ enum eol {
 };
 
 extern enum eol core_eol;
+extern const char *get_cached_convert_stats_ascii(const char *path);
+extern const char *get_wt_convert_stats_ascii(const char *path);
+extern const char *get_convert_attr_ascii(const char *path);
 
 /* returns 1 if *dst was used */
 extern int convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
diff --git a/t/t0027-auto-crlf.sh b/t/t0027-auto-crlf.sh
index b34365150..504e5a02a 100755
--- a/t/t0027-auto-crlf.sh
+++ b/t/t0027-auto-crlf.sh
@@ -56,21 +56,16 @@ create_gitattributes () {
 }
 
 create_NNO_files () {
-	lfname=$1
-	crlfname=$2
-	lfmixcrlf=$3
-	lfmixcr=$4
-	crlfnul=$5
 	for crlf in false true input
 	do
 		for attr in "" auto text -text lf crlf
 		do
 			pfx=NNO_${crlf}_attr_${attr} &&
-			cp $lfname    ${pfx}_LF.txt &&
-			cp $crlfname  ${pfx}_CRLF.txt &&
-			cp $lfmixcrlf ${pfx}_CRLF_mix_LF.txt &&
-			cp $lfmixcr   ${pfx}_LF_mix_CR.txt &&
-			cp $crlfnul   ${pfx}_CRLF_nul.txt
+			cp CRLF_mix_LF ${pfx}_LF.txt &&
+			cp CRLF_mix_LF ${pfx}_CRLF.txt &&
+			cp CRLF_mix_LF ${pfx}_CRLF_mix_LF.txt &&
+			cp CRLF_mix_LF ${pfx}_LF_mix_CR.txt &&
+			cp CRLF_mix_LF ${pfx}_CRLF_nul.txt
 		done
 	done
 }
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@ commit_check_warn () {
 	crlfnul=$7
 	pfx=crlf_${crlf}_attr_${attr}
 	create_gitattributes "$attr" &&
-	for f in LF CRLF repoMIX LF_mix_CR CRLF_mix_LF LF_nul CRLF_nul
+	for f in LF CRLF LF_mix_CR CRLF_mix_LF LF_nul CRLF_nul
 	do
 		fname=${pfx}_$f.txt &&
 		cp $f $fname &&
@@ -149,6 +144,27 @@ commit_chk_wrnNNO () {
 	'
 }
 
+stats_ascii () {
+	case "$1" in
+	LF)
+		echo lf
+		;;
+	CRLF)
+		echo crlf
+		;;
+	CRLF_mix_LF)
+		echo mixed
+		;;
+	LF_mix_CR|CRLF_nul|LF_nul|CRLF_mix_CR)
+		echo "-text"
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo error_invalid $1
+		;;
+	esac
+
+}
+
 check_files_in_repo () {
 	crlf=$1
 	attr=$2
@@ -203,35 +219,83 @@ checkout_files () {
 	create_gitattributes $attr &&
 	git config core.autocrlf $crlf &&
 	pfx=eol_${eol}_crlf_${crlf}_attr_${attr}_ &&
-	src=crlf_false_attr__ &&
 	for f in LF CRLF LF_mix_CR CRLF_mix_LF LF_nul
 	do
-		rm $src$f.txt &&
+		rm crlf_false_attr__$f.txt &&
 		if test -z "$eol"; then
-			git checkout $src$f.txt
+			git checkout crlf_false_attr__$f.txt
 		else
-			git -c core.eol=$eol checkout $src$f.txt
+			git -c core.eol=$eol checkout crlf_false_attr__$f.txt
 		fi
 	done
 
+	test_expect_success "ls-files --eol $lfname ${pfx}LF.txt" '
+		test_when_finished "rm expect actual" &&
+		sort <<-EOF >expect &&
+		i/crlf w/$(stats_ascii $crlfname) crlf_false_attr__CRLF.txt
+		i/mixed w/$(stats_ascii $lfmixcrlf) crlf_false_attr__CRLF_mix_LF.txt
+		i/lf w/$(stats_ascii $lfname) crlf_false_attr__LF.txt
+		i/-text w/$(stats_ascii $lfmixcr) crlf_false_attr__LF_mix_CR.txt
+		i/-text w/$(stats_ascii $crlfnul) crlf_false_attr__CRLF_nul.txt
+		i/-text w/$(stats_ascii $crlfnul) crlf_false_attr__LF_nul.txt
+		EOF
+		git ls-files --eol crlf_false_attr__* |
+		sed -e "s!attr/[^	]*!!g" -e "s/	/ /g" -e "s/  */ /g" |
+		sort >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	'
 	test_expect_success "checkout core.eol=$eol core.autocrlf=$crlf gitattributes=$attr file=LF" "
-		compare_ws_file $pfx $lfname    ${src}LF.txt
+		compare_ws_file $pfx $lfname    crlf_false_attr__LF.txt
 	"
 	test_expect_success "checkout core.eol=$eol core.autocrlf=$crlf gitattributes=$attr file=CRLF" "
-		compare_ws_file $pfx $crlfname  ${src}CRLF.txt
+		compare_ws_file $pfx $crlfname  crlf_false_attr__CRLF.txt
 	"
 	test_expect_success "checkout core.eol=$eol core.autocrlf=$crlf gitattributes=$attr file=CRLF_mix_LF" "
-		compare_ws_file $pfx $lfmixcrlf ${src}CRLF_mix_LF.txt
+		compare_ws_file $pfx $lfmixcrlf crlf_false_attr__CRLF_mix_LF.txt
 	"
 	test_expect_success "checkout core.eol=$eol core.autocrlf=$crlf gitattributes=$attr file=LF_mix_CR" "
-		compare_ws_file $pfx $lfmixcr   ${src}LF_mix_CR.txt
+		compare_ws_file $pfx $lfmixcr   crlf_false_attr__LF_mix_CR.txt
 	"
 	test_expect_success "checkout core.eol=$eol core.autocrlf=$crlf gitattributes=$attr file=LF_nul" "
-		compare_ws_file $pfx $crlfnul   ${src}LF_nul.txt
+		compare_ws_file $pfx $crlfnul   crlf_false_attr__LF_nul.txt
 	"
 }
 
-#######
+# Test control characters
+# NUL SOH CR EOF==^Z
+test_expect_success 'ls-files --eol -o Text/Binary' '
+	test_when_finished "rm expect actual TeBi_*" &&
+	STRT=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA &&
+	STR=$STRT$STRT$STRT$STRT &&
+	printf "${STR}BBB\001" >TeBi_127_S &&
+	printf "${STR}BBBB\001">TeBi_128_S &&
+	printf "${STR}BBB\032" >TeBi_127_E &&
+	printf "\032${STR}BBB" >TeBi_E_127 &&
+	printf "${STR}BBBB\000">TeBi_128_N &&
+	printf "${STR}BBB\012">TeBi_128_L &&
+	printf "${STR}BBB\015">TeBi_127_C &&
+	printf "${STR}BB\015\012" >TeBi_126_CL &&
+	printf "${STR}BB\015\012\015" >TeBi_126_CLC &&
+	sort <<-\EOF >expect &&
+	i/ w/-text TeBi_127_S
+	i/ w/none TeBi_128_S
+	i/ w/none TeBi_127_E
+	i/ w/-text TeBi_E_127
+	i/ w/-text TeBi_128_N
+	i/ w/lf TeBi_128_L
+	i/ w/-text TeBi_127_C
+	i/ w/crlf TeBi_126_CL
+	i/ w/-text TeBi_126_CLC
+	EOF
+	git ls-files --eol -o |
+	sed -n -e "/TeBi_/{s!attr/[	]*!!g
+	s!	! !g
+	s!  *! !g
+	p
+	}" | sort >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup master' '
 	echo >.gitattributes &&
 	git checkout -b master &&
@@ -480,4 +544,19 @@ checkout_files    native  true  "lf"      LF    CRLF  CRLF_mix_LF  LF_mix_CR
 checkout_files    native  false "crlf"    CRLF  CRLF  CRLF         CRLF_mix_CR  CRLF_nul
 checkout_files    native  true  "crlf"    CRLF  CRLF  CRLF         CRLF_mix_CR  CRLF_nul
 
+# Should be the last test case: remove some files from the worktree
+test_expect_success 'ls-files --eol -d -z' '
+	rm crlf_false_attr__CRLF.txt crlf_false_attr__CRLF_mix_LF.txt crlf_false_attr__LF.txt .gitattributes &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	i/crlf w/ crlf_false_attr__CRLF.txt
+	i/lf w/ .gitattributes
+	i/lf w/ crlf_false_attr__LF.txt
+	i/mixed w/ crlf_false_attr__CRLF_mix_LF.txt
+	EOF
+	git ls-files --eol -d |
+	sed -e "s!attr/[^	]*!!g" -e "s/	/ /g" -e "s/  */ /g" |
+	sort >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done