diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d18ab03186051ec4b5d37585097660ea1da3b00
--- /dev/null
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+/cache/.gitkeep export-ignore
+/config/.gitkeep export-ignore
+/metadata/.gitkeep export-ignore
+/tests export-ignore
+/tools export-ignore
+.coveralls.yml export-ignore
+.editorconfig export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+.travis.yml export-ignore
+