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+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+* text=auto
+
+# Collapse vendored and generated files on GitHub
+AUTHORS linguist-generated
+vendor/* linguist-vendored
+rules.mk linguist-vendored
+*/vendor/* linguist-vendored
+*.gen.* linguist-generated
+*.pb.go linguist-generated
+*.pb.gw.go linguist-generated
+go.sum linguist-generated
+go.mod linguist-generated
+gen.sum linguist-generated
+
+# Reduce conflicts on markdown files
+*.md merge=union