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+# Ignore exporting of these
+/tests            export-ignore
+/.gitattributes   export-ignore
+/.gitignore       export-ignore
+/.travis.yml      export-ignore
+/.scrutinizer.yml export-ignore
+
+# Force line ending normalization inside repo to LF
+* text=auto
+
+# Explicitly declare text files that should be normalized and converted
+# to native line endings on checkout.
+*.md text
+*.LICENCE text
+*.json text
+*.scss text
+*. text
+
+# Declare files that should be converted to tabspace instead of whitespace
+*.php  filter=tabspace