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-# These files are text and should be normalized (convert crlf => lf)
-*.cs      text diff=csharp
-*.cmd     text
-*.txt     text
-*.xml     text
-*.md      text
-*.mf      text
-*.java    text
-*.form    text
-
-# Images should be treated as binary
-# (binary is a macro for -text -diff)
-*.png     binary
-*.gif     binary
-*.jepg    binary
-
-*.sdf     binary
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