ported double tracking from TC

.gitattributes

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+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+* text=auto
+
+# End of line rules
+*.sh      eol=lf
+*.sh.dist eol=lf
+bin/*     eol=lf
+
+# Whitespace rules
+# strict (no trailing, no tabs)
+*.cpp    whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent,cr-at-eol
+*.h      whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent,cr-at-eol
+
+# normal (no trailing)
+*.sql    whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,cr-at-eol
+*.txt    whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,cr-at-eol
+
+# special files which must ignore whitespace
+*.patch  whitespace=-trailing-space eol=lf
+*.diff   whitespace=-trailing-space eol=lf
+
+# Standard to msysgit
+*.doc    diff=astextplain
+*.DOC    diff=astextplain
+*.docx   diff=astextplain
+*.DOCX   diff=astextplain
+*.dot    diff=astextplain
+*.DOT    diff=astextplain
+*.pdf    diff=astextplain
+*.PDF    diff=astextplain
+*.rtf    diff=astextplain
+*.RTF    diff=astextplain
+
+# Ignore sql/* files
+data/sql/*    linguist-documentation