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+# Path-based git attributes
+# https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html
+
+# Ignore all test and documentation with "export-ignore".
+/.gitattributes             export-ignore
+/.github                    export-ignore
+/.gitignore                 export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml.dist           export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml                export-ignore
+/tests                      export-ignore
+/.travis.yml                export-ignore