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-# Handle line endings automatically for files detected as text
-# and leave all files detected as binary untouched.
-* text=auto
-
-#
-# The above will handle all files NOT found below
-#
-# These files are text and should be normalized (Convert crlf => lf)
-*.css           text
-*.df            text
-*.htm           text
-*.html          text
-*.java          text
-*.js            text
-*.json          text
-*.jsp           text
-*.jspf          text
-*.properties    text
-*.sh            text
-*.svg           text
-*.tld           text
-*.txt           text
-*.xml           text
-*.xsl           text
-
-# These files are binary and should be left untouched
-# (binary is a macro for -text -diff)
-*.class         binary
-*.dll           binary
-*.ear           binary
-*.gif           binary
-*.ico           binary
-*.jar           binary
-*.jpg           binary
-*.jpeg          binary
-*.png           binary
-*.so            binary
-*.war           binary
-*.ttf           binary
-*.eot           binary
-*.otf           binary
-*.wof           binary