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+# Git repo attributes.
+
+# Ensure all text files have normalized (LF) line endings in the repository.
+* text=auto
+
+# These files should use CR/LF line ending:
+/BCC_MAKEFILE -text
+/digimars.mak -text
+
+# Note: "core.eol" configuration variable controls which line endings to use
+# for the normalized files in the working directory (the default is native).