Updated Git configuration

Author: T145

.gitattributes

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+# Set default behaviour, in case users don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
+
+# Explicitly declare text files we want to always be normalized and converted to native line endings on checkout.
+# These files are text and should be normalized (Convert crlf => lf)
+*.java text
+*.properties text
+*.sh text
+*.md text
+*.info text
+*.txt text
+*.json text
+
+# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
+# (binary is a macro for -text -diff)
+*.class binary
+*.gif binary
+*.ico binary
+*.jar binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.jpeg binary
+*.png binary
+
+# Make sure Windows batch files preserve CR/LF line endings, otherwise they may not be able to execute. Windows
+# batch files require a CR/LF for labels to work properly, otherwise they may fail when labels straddle 512-byte
+# block boundaries. This is important when files are downloaded through a zip archive that was authored on a
+# Linux machine (the default behavior on GitHub)
+*.bat eol=crlf

.gitignore

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-# Log file
-*.log
 
-# BlueJ files
-*.ctxt
-
-# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
-.mtj.tmp/
-
-# Package Files #
-*.war
-*.ear
-*.tar.gz
-*.rar
-
-# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
-hs_err_pid*
-
-
-# ignore gradle artifacts
-.gradle/
-gradlew.bat
-build/libs/
-build/tmp/
-
-# test scripts
-test.bat
-
-target/
-combined-batch.bat
-
-# IDEA files
-.idea/
-jterm.iml
-
-# eclipse files
-.classpath
-.project
-.settings
-
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and Webstorm
-# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
-
-# User-specific stuff:
-.idea/**/workspace.xml
-.idea/**/tasks.xml
-.idea/dictionaries
-
-# Sensitive or high-churn files:
-.idea/**/dataSources/
-.idea/**/dataSources.ids
-.idea/**/dataSources.xml
-.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
-.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
-.idea/**/dynamic.xml
-.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
-
-# Gradle:
-.idea/**/gradle.xml
-.idea/**/libraries
-
-# CMake
-cmake-build-debug/
-
-# Mongo Explorer plugin:
-.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
-
-## File-based project format:
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for more about ignoring files.
+#
+# If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
+# or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
+#   git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore_global'
+
+# Ignore files that are not wanted in general
+.*
+_MACOSX
+*.db
+
+# Don't ignore GitHub files
+!.github
+!.gitignore
+!.gitattributes
+
+# or EditorConfig
+!.editorconfig
+
+# Ignore Eclipse files
+/bin/
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+*.launch
+
+# Ignore IntelliJ IDEA files
+*.iml
+*.ipr
 *.iws
-
-## Plugin-specific files:
-
-# IntelliJ
-out/
-
-# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
-.idea_modules/
-
-# JIRA plugin
+/out/
 atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
-
-# Cursive Clojure plugin
-.idea/replstate.xml
-
-# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
 crashlytics.properties
 crashlytics-build.properties
 fabric.properties
 
+# Ignore NetBeans files
+nbproject/private/
+/build/
+nbbuild/
+/dist/
+nbdist/
+nbactions.xml
+nb-configuration.xml
+
+# Ignore JVM crash logs
+hs_err_pid*
+
+# Ignore generic & archive binaries
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+*.war
+*.ear
+*.sar
+*.class
+
+# Project-specific dependencies
+/target/