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+# taken from https://github.com/gitattributes/gitattributes/blob/46a8961ad73f5bd4d8d193708840fbc9e851d702/Rust.gitattributes
+# Auto detect text files and perform normalization
+*          text=auto
+
+*.rs       text diff=rust
+*.toml     text diff=toml
+Cargo.lock text
+
+# taken from https://github.com/gitattributes/gitattributes/blob/46a8961ad73f5bd4d8d193708840fbc9e851d702/Common.gitattributes
+# Documents
+*.bibtex   text diff=bibtex
+*.doc      diff=astextplain
+*.DOC      diff=astextplain
+*.docx     diff=astextplain
+*.DOCX     diff=astextplain
+*.dot      diff=astextplain
+*.DOT      diff=astextplain
+*.pdf      diff=astextplain
+*.PDF      diff=astextplain
+*.rtf      diff=astextplain
+*.RTF      diff=astextplain
+*.md       text diff=markdown
+*.mdx      text diff=markdown
+*.tex      text diff=tex
+*.adoc     text
+*.textile  text
+*.mustache text
+*.csv      text eol=crlf
+*.tab      text
+*.tsv      text
+*.txt      text
+*.sql      text
+*.epub     diff=astextplain
+
+# Graphics
+*.png      binary
+*.jpg      binary
+*.jpeg     binary
+*.gif      binary
+*.tif      binary
+*.tiff     binary
+*.ico      binary
+# SVG treated as text by default.
+*.svg      text
+*.eps      binary
+
+# Scripts
+*.bash     text eol=lf
+*.fish     text eol=lf
+*.ksh      text eol=lf
+*.sh       text eol=lf
+*.zsh      text eol=lf
+# These are explicitly windows files and should use crlf
+*.bat      text eol=crlf
+*.cmd      text eol=crlf
+*.ps1      text eol=crlf
+
+# Serialisation
+*.json     text
+*.toml     text
+*.xml      text
+*.yaml     text
+*.yml      text
+
+# Archives
+*.7z       binary
+*.bz       binary
+*.bz2      binary
+*.bzip2    binary
+*.gz       binary
+*.lz       binary
+*.lzma     binary
+*.rar      binary
+*.tar      binary
+*.taz      binary
+*.tbz      binary
+*.tbz2     binary
+*.tgz      binary
+*.tlz      binary
+*.txz      binary
+*.xz       binary
+*.Z        binary
+*.zip      binary
+*.zst      binary
+
+# Text files where line endings should be preserved
+*.patch    -text
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