diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f98f3971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
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+*.sh            eol=lf
+*.ac            eol=lf
+*.am            eol=lf
+*.sln           eol=crlf
+*.vcproj        eol=crlf
+*.vcxproj*      eol=crlf
+*.rc            eol=crlf
+*.sh            export-ignore
+.gitattributes  export-ignore
+.gitignore      export-ignore
+*.creole        export-ignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..436d7ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+*.aps
+*.dep
+*.exe
+*.htm
+*.idb
+*.la
+*.lib
+*.lo
+*.log
+*.m4
+*.mac
+*.ncb
+*.o
+*.obj
+*.opt
+*.pc
+*.pdb
+*.plg
+*.res
+*.suo
+*.swp
+*.user
+.deps
+.libs
+Debug
+INSTALL
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+Release
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+sources
+stamp-h1