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-# Line ending normalization
-* text=auto
-
-# Documents
-*.doc    diff=astextplain
-*.DOC    diff=astextplain
-*.docx diff=astextplain
-*.DOCX diff=astextplain
-*.dot  diff=astextplain
-*.DOT  diff=astextplain
-*.pdf  diff=astextplain
-*.PDF    diff=astextplain
-*.rtf    diff=astextplain
-*.RTF    diff=astextplain
-*.md text
-*.adoc text
-*.textile text
-*.mustache text
-*.csv text
-*.tab text
-*.tsv text
-*.sql text
-*.html text
-*.css text
-
-# Graphics
-*.png binary
-*.jpg binary
-*.jpeg binary
-*.gif binary
-*.tif binary
-*.tiff binary
-*.ico binary
-*.svg binary
-*.eps binary
-
-#sources
-*.c text
-*.cc text
-*.cxx text
-*.cpp text
-*.c++ text
-*.hpp text
-*.h text
-*.h++ text
-*.hh text
-*.s text
-*.S text
-*.asm text
-
-# Compiled Object files
-*.slo binary
-*.lo binary
-*.o binary
-*.obj binary
-
-# Precompiled Headers
-*.gch binary
-*.pch binary
-
-# Compiled Dynamic libraries
-*.so binary
-*.dylib binary
-*.dll binary
-
-# Compiled Static libraries
-*.lai binary
-*.la binary
-*.a binary
-*.lib binary
-
-# Executables
-*.exe binary
-*.out binary
-*.app binary
-
-
-# Basic .gitattributes for a python repo.
-
-# Source files
-# ============
-*.pxd       text
-*.py        text
-*.py3       text
-*.pyw       text
-*.pyx       text
-
-# Binary files
-# ============
-*.db        binary
-*.p         binary
-*.pkl       binary
-*.pyc       binary
-*.pyd       binary
-*.pyo       binary
-
-# Note: .db, .p, and .pkl files are associated
-# with the python modules ``pickle``, ``dbm.*``,
-# ``shelve``, ``marshal``, ``anydbm``, & ``bsddb``
-# (among others).
-
-*.sh text
-make text
-makefile text
-*.mk text