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+# Path-based git attributes
+# https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes
+
+# Ignore all test and documentation with "export-ignore".
+/.gitattributes     export-ignore
+/.github            export-ignore
+/.gitignore         export-ignore
+/phpunit.xml        export-ignore
+/tests              export-ignore