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+# all end-of-lines are normalized to LF when written to the repository
+# https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_text
+* text=auto
+
+# force all text files on the working dir to have LF line endings
+# https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_eol
+* text eol=lf