From 47bc5079b0011066aa3cabac4da5bb1fb95f583b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Min-Yang Lee <Min-Yang.Lee@noaa.gov>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 08:37:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] create .gitattributes to handle EOL

further reading:
https://www.aleksandrhovhannisyan.com/blog/crlf-vs-lf-normalizing-line-endings-in-git/
---
 .gitattributes | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitattributes

diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d01426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# End of line characters are a problem when the team is developing on Windows (CRLF), Unix (LF), and Mac (LF) 
+# This small file will fix that.  Line endings in the repository will be set to LF while local line endings will be left "alone".  
+# This enables windows users to develop using CRLF but then push using LF.
+
+* text=auto