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+#
+# The following turn off LF->CRLF conversion for some files on Windows.
+# these conversions cause syntax errors on MinGW/MSYS. They should not
+# have any effect on non-Windows systems or on Cygwin. Any files that
+# required svn:eof-style=lf under subversion should be included here.
+#
+*.m4 -crlf
+*.ac -crlf
+*.scm -crlf