diff --git a/web/api/.gitattributes b/web/api/.gitattributes
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+# Define the line ending behavior of the different file extensions
+# Set default behaviour, in case users don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
+
+# Explicitly declare text files we want to always be normalized and converted
+# to native line endings on checkout.
+*.php text
+*.default text
+*.ctp text
+*.sql text
+*.md text
+*.po text
+*.js text
+*.css text
+*.ini text
+*.properties text
+*.txt text
+*.xml text
+*.yml text
+.htaccess text
+
+# Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout.
+*.bat eol=crlf
+
+# Declare files that will always have LF line endings on checkout.
+*.pem eol=lf
+
+# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.gif binary
+*.ico binary
+*.mo binary
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diff --git a/web/api/.gitignore b/web/api/.gitignore
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+# User specific & automatically generated files #
+#################################################
+/app/Config/database.php
+/app/tmp
+/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/tmp/
+/plugins
+/vendors
+/build
+/dist
+/tags
+
+# OS generated files #
+######################
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+Icon?
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
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