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+*.eot                         -text
+*.gif                         -text
+*.gz                          -text
+*.ico                         -text
+*.jpg                         -text
+*.mp3                         -text
+*.ogg                         -text
+*.png                         -text
+*.ttf                         -text
+*.webm                        -text
+*.woff                        -text
+*.woff2                       -text
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