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+# Automatically detect text files and perform LF line ending normalization
+* text=auto
+
+# Files you want to always be normalized and converted
+# to native line endings on checkout
+*.c text
+*.cpp text
+*.h text
+*.in text
+*.dsp text
+*.iss text
+*.rc text
+*.cpf text
+*.sc text
+*.cmd text
+*.sh text
+*.txt text
+
+# Files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout
+*.sln text eol=crlf
+*.vcproj text eol=crlf
+*.vcxproj text eol=crlf
+*.filters text eol=crlf
+*.props text eol=crlf
+*.vsprops text eol=crlf
+*.vbs text eol=crlf
+
+# All files that are binary and should not be normalized
+
+# Images
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.psd binary
+*.gif binary
+*.bmp binary
+*.ico binary
+*.xpm binary
+*.cur binary
+
+# Binary data
+*.exe binary
+*.dll binary
+*.e32 binary
+*.lib binary