diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+/*.~
+/*~
+/.git
+/.git/*
+/.gitattributes
+/.github
+/.github/*
+/.gitignore
+/.travis-debug
+/.travis.yml
+/bin/daps-auto.pl
+/contrib
+/contrib/*
+/daps-xslt/common/colornames.txt
+/doc/deprecated
+/doc/deprecated/*
+/doc/design-notes
+/doc/design-notes/*
+/doc/presentation
+/doc/presentation/*
+/init_templates/daps-auto_sample.ini
+/packaging
+/packaging/*