Sample Git Attributes File

.gitattributes

# Encrypt the repository
# Remove/modify this line if the repository is meant to be open-source
*.* filter=git-crypt diff=git-crypt
.gitattributes !filter !diff

# These files are text and should be normalized (Convert crlf => lf)
*.php text
*.css text
*.js text
*.htm text
*.html text
*.xml text
*.txt text
*.ini text
*.inc text
.htaccess text

# These files are binary and should be left untouched
# (binary is a macro for -text -diff)
*.png binary
*.jpg binary
*.jpeg binary
*.gif binary
*.ico binary
*.mov binary
*.mp4 binary
*.mp3 binary
*.flv binary
*.fla binary
*.swf binary
*.gz binary
*.zip binary
*.7z binary
*.ttf binary

# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
# http://davidlaing.com/2012/09/19/customise-your-gitattributes-to-become-a-git-ninja/
* text=auto

# Documents (about ASTEXTPLAIN: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28146244/what-is-the-difference-between-diff-and-diff-astextplain)
*.doc  diff=astextplain
*.DOC  diff=astextplain
*.docx diff=astextplain
*.DOCX diff=astextplain
*.dot  diff=astextplain
*.DOT  diff=astextplain
*.pdf  diff=astextplain
*.PDF  diff=astextplain
*.rtf  diff=astextplain
*.RTF  diff=astextplain

astextplain

#!/bin/sh -e
# minimalistic replacement for `run-mailcap --action=cat <file>`

if test "$#" != 1 ; then
	echo "Usage: astextplain <file>" 1>&2
	exit 1
fi

# XXX output encoding (UTF-8) hardcoded
case "$1" in
	*.doc | *.DOC | *.dot | *.DOT)
		antiword -m UTF-8 "$1" || cat "$1"
		;;
	*.docx | *.DOCX)
		docx2txt "$1" -
		;;
	*.pdf | *.PDF)
		pdftotext -layout "$1" -enc UTF-8 -
		;;
	# TODO add rtf support
	*.rtf | *.RTF)
		cat "$1"
		;;
	*)
		echo "E: unsupported filetype $1" 1>&2
		exit 1
		;;
esac

exit 0