adding a .gitattributes file to handle line endings better when working with the repo on different systems

Author: andrewramsay

.gitattributes

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+# Default behaviour
+* text=auto
+
+# Explicitly text files
+*.py text
+*.txt text
+*.ipynb text
+*.md text
+*.rst text
+*.sh text
+*.bat text
+*.toml text