if (!strcmp(var, "core.autocrlf")) {
                if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "input")) {
-                       if (eol == EOL_CRLF)
+                       if (core_eol == EOL_CRLF)
                                return error("core.autocrlf=input conflicts with core.eol=crlf");
                        auto_crlf = AUTO_CRLF_INPUT;
                        return 0;
 
        if (!strcmp(var, "core.eol")) {
                if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "lf"))
-                       eol = EOL_LF;
+                       core_eol = EOL_LF;
                else if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "crlf"))
-                       eol = EOL_CRLF;
+                       core_eol = EOL_CRLF;
                else if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "native"))
-                       eol = EOL_NATIVE;
+                       core_eol = EOL_NATIVE;
                else
-                       eol = EOL_UNSET;
-               if (eol == EOL_CRLF && auto_crlf == AUTO_CRLF_INPUT)
+                       core_eol = EOL_UNSET;
+               if (core_eol == EOL_CRLF && auto_crlf == AUTO_CRLF_INPUT)
                        return error("core.autocrlf=input conflicts with core.eol=crlf");
                return 0;
        }
 
                        return EOL_CRLF;
                else if (auto_crlf == AUTO_CRLF_INPUT)
                        return EOL_LF;
-               else if (eol == EOL_UNSET)
+               else if (core_eol == EOL_UNSET)
                        return EOL_NATIVE;
        }
-       return eol;
+       return core_eol;
 }
 
 static void check_safe_crlf(const char *path, enum action action,
 
 const char *excludes_file;
 enum auto_crlf auto_crlf = AUTO_CRLF_FALSE;
 int read_replace_refs = 1;
-enum eol eol = EOL_UNSET;
+enum eol core_eol = EOL_UNSET;
 enum safe_crlf safe_crlf = SAFE_CRLF_WARN;
 unsigned whitespace_rule_cfg = WS_DEFAULT_RULE;
 enum branch_track git_branch_track = BRANCH_TRACK_REMOTE;