diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -14,3 +14,79 @@
 *.pyo    binary export-ignore
 *.pyd    binary
 unshipped_data/arcgis_maps/ filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+
+# https://github.com/alexkaratarakis/gitattributes/blob/master/Common.gitattributes
+# Documents
+*.bibtex   text diff=bibtex
+*.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
+*.md       text diff=markdown
+*.mdx      text diff=markdown
+*.tex      text diff=tex
+*.adoc     text
+*.textile  text
+*.mustache text
+*.csv      text
+*.tab      text
+*.tsv      text
+*.txt      text
+*.sql      text
+*.epub     diff=astextplain
+
+# Graphics
+*.png      binary
+*.jpg      binary
+*.jpeg     binary
+*.gif      binary
+*.tif      binary
+*.tiff     binary
+*.ico      binary
+# SVG treated as text by default.
+*.svg      text
+# If you want to treat it as binary,
+# use the following line instead.
+# *.svg    binary
+*.eps      binary
+
+# Scripts
+*.bash     text eol=lf
+*.fish     text eol=lf
+*.sh       text eol=lf
+*.zsh      text eol=lf
+# These are explicitly windows files and should use crlf
+*.bat      text eol=crlf
+*.cmd      text eol=crlf
+*.ps1      text eol=crlf
+
+# Serialisation
+*.json     text
+*.toml     text
+*.xml      text
+*.yaml     text
+*.yml      text
+
+# Archives
+*.7z       binary
+*.gz       binary
+*.tar      binary
+*.tgz      binary
+*.zip      binary
+
+# Text files where line endings should be preserved
+*.patch    -text
+
+#
+# Exclude files from exporting
+#
+
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore     export-ignore
+.gitkeep       export-ignore
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