diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+* whitespace=!indent,trail,space
+*.[ch] whitespace=!indent,tab,trail,space,tabwidth=4
+*.sh whitespace=!indent,tab,trail,space,tabwidth=4