diff --git a/src/lockfile.rs b/src/lockfile.rs
index 9c57260..ae0acc2 100644
--- a/src/lockfile.rs
+++ b/src/lockfile.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{BufReader, Read, Write};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ use crate::filter::Filter;
 
 const CURRENT_SCHEMA: u32 = 1;
 const HASH_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+/// Bytes inspected at the start of a file to decide whether it's binary,
+/// matching the heuristic git itself uses for `core.autocrlf`/diffing.
+const BINARY_PROBE_SIZE: usize = 8000;
 const FILE_COMMENTS: &str = "## This file is automatically generated by embd.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 ";
@@ -186,11 +189,23 @@ fn walk_files_inner(
 
 /// Hash a file's contents with SHA-256, streamed in 64 KiB chunks so multi-GiB
 /// vendored blobs don't blow up memory.
+///
+/// Text files are hashed with CRLF normalized to LF so that `status` doesn't report
+/// false drift purely because Windows checkouts convert line endings and other platforms
+/// don't. Binary files are hashed byte-for-byte, untouched.
 pub(crate) fn hash_file(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let file = File::open(path).with_context(|| format!("failed to open {}", path.display()))?;
-    let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+    let mut reader = BufReader::with_capacity(HASH_BUFFER_SIZE, file);
+    let is_binary = {
+        let probe = reader
+            .fill_buf()
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to read {}", path.display()))?;
+        probe[..probe.len().min(BINARY_PROBE_SIZE)].contains(&0)
+    };
+
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
     let mut buf = [0u8; HASH_BUFFER_SIZE];
+    let mut pending_cr = false;
     loop {
         let n = reader
             .read(&mut buf)
@@ -198,12 +213,47 @@ pub(crate) fn hash_file(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
         if n == 0 {
             break;
         }
-        hasher.update(&buf[..n]);
+        if is_binary {
+            hasher.update(&buf[..n]);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let mut chunk = &buf[..n];
+        if pending_cr {
+            if chunk.first() != Some(&b'\n') {
+                hasher.update(b"\r");
+            }
+            pending_cr = false;
+        }
+        if chunk.last() == Some(&b'\r') {
+            pending_cr = true;
+            chunk = &chunk[..chunk.len() - 1];
+        }
+        hasher.update(normalize_crlf(chunk));
+    }
+    if pending_cr {
+        hasher.update(b"\r");
     }
     let digest = hasher.finalize();
     Ok(format!("sha256:{:x}", base16ct::HexDisplay(&digest)))
 }
 
+/// Replace every `\r\n` pair with `\n`. Lone `\r` bytes (old Mac-style line
+/// endings) are left untouched, matching git's own CRLF normalization.
+fn normalize_crlf(chunk: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(chunk.len());
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < chunk.len() {
+        if chunk[i] == b'\r' && chunk.get(i + 1) == Some(&b'\n') {
+            i += 1;
+            continue;
+        }
+        out.push(chunk[i]);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 /// Convert a relative path to the string key used in the manifest. Paths are
 /// stored with forward slashes regardless of host OS so manifests stay portable.
 pub(crate) fn path_to_key(relative: &Path) -> String {
@@ -524,6 +574,19 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn crlf_checkout_of_lf_lockfile_is_not_drift() {
+        // Simulates a lock file built from an LF checkout (e.g. on Linux/macOS)
+        // being checked with a CRLF-converted working tree (e.g. Windows'
+        // default core.autocrlf checkout behavior).
+        let (_dir, root, name, lock) = fixture("abc123", &[("a.txt", "alpha\nbeta\n")]);
+        let entry = make_entry("vendor/foo", "abc123", false);
+        fs::write(root.join("vendor/foo/a.txt"), "alpha\r\nbeta\r\n").unwrap();
+        let report = inspect_entry(&root, &name, &entry, lock.get(&name));
+        assert!(report.changes.is_empty(), "{:?}", report.changes);
+        assert!(!report.has_drift());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn stale_when_config_commit_differs() {
         let (_dir, root, name, lock) = fixture("abc123", &[("a.txt", "alpha")]);
@@ -608,6 +671,68 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(hash.len(), "sha256:".len() + 64);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn hash_file_normalizes_crlf_to_lf() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let crlf_path = dir.path().join("crlf.txt");
+        let lf_path = dir.path().join("lf.txt");
+        std::fs::write(&crlf_path, b"alpha\r\nbeta\r\ngamma").unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&lf_path, b"alpha\nbeta\ngamma").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(hash_file(&crlf_path).unwrap(), hash_file(&lf_path).unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hash_file_preserves_lone_cr() {
+        // Bare CR (old Mac-style line endings) is not a CRLF pair and must be
+        // left untouched, matching git's own autocrlf semantics.
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let path = dir.path().join("data");
+        std::fs::write(&path, b"alpha\rbeta").unwrap();
+        let hash = hash_file(&path).unwrap();
+        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+        hasher.update(b"alpha\rbeta");
+        let expected = format!("sha256:{:x}", base16ct::HexDisplay(&hasher.finalize()));
+        assert_eq!(hash, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hash_file_does_not_normalize_binary_content() {
+        // A NUL byte marks the file as binary; a \r\n later in the same file
+        // must survive untouched even though it would be normalized in text.
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let path = dir.path().join("data.bin");
+        let mut data = vec![0u8, 1, 2];
+        data.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+        std::fs::write(&path, &data).unwrap();
+        let hash = hash_file(&path).unwrap();
+        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+        hasher.update(&data);
+        let expected = format!("sha256:{:x}", base16ct::HexDisplay(&hasher.finalize()));
+        assert_eq!(hash, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hash_file_normalizes_crlf_split_across_chunk_boundary() {
+        // Places a \r\n exactly on the HASH_BUFFER_SIZE chunk boundary to
+        // exercise the pending_cr carry-over logic.
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let crlf_path = dir.path().join("crlf.txt");
+        let lf_path = dir.path().join("lf.txt");
+
+        let mut crlf_data = vec![b'a'; HASH_BUFFER_SIZE - 1];
+        crlf_data.push(b'\r');
+        crlf_data.push(b'\n');
+        crlf_data.extend_from_slice(b"tail");
+
+        let mut lf_data = vec![b'a'; HASH_BUFFER_SIZE - 1];
+        lf_data.push(b'\n');
+        lf_data.extend_from_slice(b"tail");
+
+        std::fs::write(&crlf_path, &crlf_data).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&lf_path, &lf_data).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(hash_file(&crlf_path).unwrap(), hash_file(&lf_path).unwrap());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn walk_files_returns_sorted_relative_paths() {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();