.gitattributes

# global setting: let git identify text files by itself
*                                   text=auto

# general pattern for files known to be text: End Of Line transformations will be done
*.apt                               text
*.html                              text
*.java                              text
*.properties                        text
*.puml                              text
*.svg                               text
*.tle                               text
*.txt                               text
*.xml                               text
*.fml                               text

# general pattern for files known to not be text: no End Of Line transformations will be done
*.gz                               -text
*.zip                              -text
*.ico                              -text
*.xcf                              -text
*.jpg                              -text
*.odg                              -text
*.png                              -text

# specific data files known to be text: End Of Line transformations will be done
.gitattributes                      text
.gitignore                          text
.checkstyle                         text