# normal text files should contain a simple LF lineend, the following settings 
# ensures this even if the user has not set core.autocrlf.
*  text=auto

# This directory contains email messages verbatim, and changing CRLF to
# LF will corrupt them.
test-data/* text=false

# binary files should be detected by git, however, to be sure, you can add them here explicitly
*.png  binary
*.jpg  binary
*.gif  binary
*.ico  binary