A Collection of Useful .gitattributes Templates

Similarly to the [.gitignore Templates][gt], we're trying to build
templates for .gitattributes.

Common.gitattributes contains general exclusions that may apply to any project.
Consider including them if they are applicable to your project.

Usage

For more information on gitattributes: [gitattributes(5)][g5] and for
Github-specific grammar: [Linguist docs][gh]

You can use this or
this handy dandy generator to generate your
gitattributes files on the fly based on files inside of this repository.

CI step

To check if all files have a corresponding rule in .gitattributes, this script
can be used:

sh
missing_attributes=$(git ls-files | git check-attr -a --stdin | grep 'text: auto' || printf '\n')

if [ -n "$missing_attributes" ]; then
  printf '%s\n%s\n' '.gitattributes rule missing for the following files:' "$missing_attributes"
else
  printf '%s\n' 'All files have a corresponding rule in .gitattributes'
fi

You can also use the checked-in ./check.sh which has more features.
Run ./check.sh --help for the available options.

Contributing

Please contribute by [forking][fk] and sending a [pull request][pr].

Also please only modify one file per commit. This'll
make merging easier for everyone.

[gt]: https://github.com/github/gitignore
[fk]: http://help.github.com/forking/
[pr]: http://help.github.com/pull-requests/
[g5]: https://www.git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes
[gh]: https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/blob/master/docs/overrides.md

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