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+# This sets the default behaviour, overriding core.autocrlf
+* text=auto
+
+# All source files should have unix line-endings in the repository,
+# but convert to native line-endings on checkout
+*.cpp text
+*.h text
+*.hpp text
+
+# Windows specific files should retain windows line-endings
+*.sln text eol=crlf
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