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+# .gitattributes for SolveSpace
+
+# Set default behaviour, in case users don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
+
+# Explicitly declare text files we want to always be normalized and converted
+# to native line endings on checkout.
+*.cpp text
+*.h   text
+*.txt text
+
+# Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout.
+*.sln text eol=crlf
+
+# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
+*.gz  binary
+*.ico binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.lib binary
+*.png binary
+
+# end .gitattributes