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+*      text=auto
+
+# General
+*.txt  text
+*.md   text
+*.html text
+*.xml  text
+*.c    text
+
+# Python
+*.py      text
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+.idea
+__pycache__
+.cache
+.tox
+parsita.egg-info
+.coverage
+htmlcov
+build
+dist