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+#
+# Documentation:
+# https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes
+#
+
+# Exclude build/test files from archive
+/.github          export-ignore
+/tests            export-ignore
+/.editorconfig    export-ignore
+/.gitattributes   export-ignore
+/.gitignore       export-ignore
+
+# Configure diff output for .php and .phar files.
+*.php diff=php
+*.phar -diff
+
+#
+# This file contains rules suggested by the following article:
+# https://php.watch/articles/composer-gitattributes
+#