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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>A <code>gitattributes</code> file is a simple text file that gives
<code>attributes</code> to pathnames.</p>
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<p>Each line in <code>gitattributes</code> file is of form:</p>
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<pre>pattern    attr1 attr2 ...</pre>
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<p>That is, a pattern followed by an attrib