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+# ref: https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/#platform-all
+
+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+# (Check with git config --global --list)
+* text=auto
+
+# Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout.
+*.sln text eol=crlf
+*.vcproj text eol=crlf
+*.vcxproj text eol=crlf
+*.vcxproj.filters text eol=crlf
+*.bat text eol=crlf