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+.github/ export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+
+.travis.yml export-ignore
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+doc/*.doc export-ignore
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+*.h text diff=cpp linguist-language=C++
+*.ino text diff=cpp linguist-language=C++