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<p>Custom macro attributes can be defined only in top-level gitattributes
files (<code>$GIT_DIR/info/attributes</code>, the <code>.gitattributes</code> file at the
top level of the working tree, or the global or system-wide
gitattributes files), not in <code>.gitattributes</code> files in working tree
subdirectories.  The built-in macro attribute "binary" is equivalent
to:</p>
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<pre>[attr]binary -diff -merge -te